Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing · Indiana
New Castle, IN
New Castle, IN · ~37 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
New Castle, IN runs at 109% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
New Castle, IN: 3.6 TCR = 109% of Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
New Castle, IN safety composite
New Castle, IN scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).
35/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.6 per 100 workers
Safer than 42% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.47 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% of industry peers
Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).
TCR Δ
−4.8
2016→2023
New Castle, IN injury rate improved
New Castle, IN's TCR fell 4.8 from 9.3 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=9.3 · 2017=5.3 · 2018=5.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=2.0 · 2023=4.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326150 · New Castle, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 109% of ind
- DART 4.5 DART
- RANK #22/37
- PHOTO Altoona Plant
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 16 inj
- SIZE ~37 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Altoona Plant (0.0 TCR gap)
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New Castle, IN in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
New Castle, IN
3.6 TCR
- Altoona Plant
Altoona Plant
3.6 TCR
- Hunter Panels
Hunter Panels - Smithfield, PA
3.6 TCR
- Ferdinand Bran
Ferdinand Branch Plant
3.6 TCR
- UFP Technologi
UFP Technologies GT
3.6 TCR
What this shows New Castle, IN averages 3.6 TCR (109% of the Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing BLS benchmark).
New Castle, IN TCR series: 2016=9.3 · 2017=5.3 · 2018=5 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=2 · 2023=4.5 · BLS 3.3
Where New Castle, IN falls in its industry
474 Urethane and Other Foam Produc establishmentsSafer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 37 Urethane and Other Foam Produc employers in Indiana.
New Castle, IN has fewer employees than the Urethane and Other Foam Product (except median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 9.3 | 7.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326150 · IN · New Castle
474 Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 44 employers in New Castle, IN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Altoona Plant | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hunter Panels - Smithfield, PA | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ferdinand Branch Plant | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | UFP Technologies GT | 3.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Utopian Plants Indiana, LLC | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cokenergy | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CORE Construction Indiana, LLC | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1038 - BELFOR Indianapolis IN | 37 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Henry County Memorial Hospital | 860 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Boar's Head - New Castle | 530 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4238-175 | 409 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 175 951 - GEO EASTERN REGIONAL OFFICE-NEW CASTLE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY | 343 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Edenwald | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Superior Fish Products | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bean Moving & Storage, Inc. | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Central Justice Center | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | IQHWI Neillsville WI | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 4ServicePros | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Webster | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Valley Morning star | 37 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.