Utility containers (e.g., baskets, bins, boxes, buckets, dishpans, pails), plastics (except foam), manufacturing · Colorado

Otter Products - Salazar

Frederick, CO · ~519 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Otter Products - Salazar runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Utility containers (e.g., baskets, bins, boxes, buckets, dishpans, pails), plastics (except foam), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Otter Products - Salazar: 2.4 TCR = 72% of Utility containers (e.g., baskets, bins, boxes, buckets, dishpans, pails), plastics (except foam), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Otter Products - Salazar safety composite

Otter Products - Salazar scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−1.7

2019→2020

Otter Products - Salazar injury rate improved

Otter Products - Salazar's TCR fell 1.7 from 3.2 in 2019 to 1.5 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.2 · 2020=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Frederick, CO AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 72% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #10/32
  • PHOTO Inline Plastics Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~519 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Inline Plastics Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Otter Products - Salazar in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Otter Products - Salazar averages 2.4 TCR (72% of the Utility containers (e.g., baskets, bins, boxes, buckets, dishpans, pails), plastics (except foam), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Otter Products - Salazar TCR series: 2019=3.2 · 2020=1.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Otter Products - Salazar falls in its industry

2,838 Utility containers (e.g., bask establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 32 Utility containers (e.g., bask employers in Colorado.

Otter Products - Salazar (519 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Otter Products - Salazar
Otter Products - Salazar (519 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Otter Products - Salazar has more employees than the Utility containers (e.g., baskets, bins, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2020 1.5 0.9 7 0 0
2019 3.2 2.1 15 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · CO · Frederick

2,838 Utility containers (e.g., baskets, bins, boxes, buckets, dishpans, pails), plastics (except foam), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 39 employers in Frederick, CO · 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 Inline Plastics Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Beacon Engineered Solutions - MN LLC 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Legrand AV- Shakopee 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Performance Plastics 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE CENTRE 517 FTE
STATE-SIZE LINX, LLLP 516 FTE
STATE-SIZE GE Johnson Construction 524 FTE
STATE-SIZE Frontier Airlines - Chicago Base 524 FTE
CITY-NEAR Otter Products Salazar 1,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR Otter Products - Frederick Distribution Center 408 FTE
CITY-NEAR UMC, Inc - Colorado 217 FTE
CITY-NEAR Frederick, CO 180 FTE
NAT-TCR 517 Arlington Blvd 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR West - Williamsport 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR milamar coatings 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Milbank Manufacturing Kansas City 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE MRPG 519 FTE
NAT-SIZE Faircrest Steel Plant 519 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dubuque Customer Service 519 FTE
NAT-SIZE Patheon Thermo Fisher 519 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: 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.