Food containers, polystyrene foam, manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Novipax LLC - Reading Plant

Name: Novipax LLC - Reading Plant Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Reading, PA · ~294 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Novipax LLC - Reading Plant runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Food containers, polystyrene foam, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Novipax LLC - Reading Plant: 2.2 TCR = 66% of Food containers, polystyrene foam, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Novipax LLC - Reading Plant safety composite

Novipax LLC - Reading Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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).

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Novipax LLC - Reading Plant: 1.2 → 2.5 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.01× in 2019

Novipax LLC - Reading Plant's TCR rose 1.3 from 1.2 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 1.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326140 · Reading, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 66% of ind

DART 2.2 DART
RANK #2/10
PHOTO EFP-Decatur, AL
BOOK 4y book
INJ 26 inj
SIZE ~294 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: EFP-Decatur, AL (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Novipax LLC - Reading Plant averages 2.2 TCR (66% of the Food containers, polystyrene foam, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Novipax LLC - Reading Plant TCR series: 2016=1.2 · 2017=1.3 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Novipax LLC - Reading Plant falls in its industry

260 Food containers, polystyrene f establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 10 Food containers, polystyrene f employers in Pennsylvania.

Novipax LLC - Reading Plant (294 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Novipax LLC - Reading Plant has more employees than the Food containers, polystyrene foam, manuf median and a lower 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
2019	2.5	2.2	7	1
2018	3.6	2.7	11	1
2017	1.3	0.7	4	0
2016	1.2	0.3	4	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326140 · PA · Reading

260 Food containers, polystyrene foam, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 303 employers in Reading, PA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	EFP-Decatur, AL	DECATUR, AL	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Insulfoam - Aurora	AURORA, CO	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Atlas molded products, a division of atlas roofing corporation	KINGMAN, AZ	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Triad EPS Plant	HIGH POINT, NC	2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	CNX Center	CANONSBURG	294 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Connellsville	LEMONT FURNACE	294 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Fujirebio Malvern	MALVERN	294 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Accuride	ERIE	294 FTE
CITY-NEAR	READING HOSPITAL	Reading	5,693 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SAO : Reading	Reading	2,203 FTE
CITY-NEAR	A077 - Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center	Reading	1,764 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - TEN1	Reading	1,261 FTE
NAT-TCR	0135 - Clovis Ca Whse	Clovis, CA	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Phoenix PEACH	Tempe, AZ	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Florence Recycling Center	Florence, SC	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	US SF New England 564	Taunton, MA	2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	SGNWMIFADS0	Saginaw, MI	294 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sodexo at Chickasaw Winstar Casino	Thackerville, OK	294 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1059-CHS Mobile Medicine	Charlotte, NC	294 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mando Corporation America	Hogansville, GA	294 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.