Building panels, corrugated and flat, plastics, manufacturing · Pennsylvania
Palram Americas
Kutztown, PA · ~123 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Palram Americas runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Building panels, corrugated and flat, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Palram Americas: 1.8 TCR = 56% of Building panels, corrugated and flat, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Palram Americas safety composite
Palram Americas scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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).
59/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.84 per 100 workers
Safer than 78% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.12 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% 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
2016→2024
Palram Americas injury rate improved
Palram Americas's TCR fell 1.7 from 3.8 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.8 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=1.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=1.0 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=2.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326199 · Kutztown, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 56% of ind
- DART 2.1 DART
- RANK #37/183
- PHOTO 4078_7790
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 24 inj
- SIZE ~123 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 4078_7790 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Palram Americas in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Palram Americas
1.8 TCR
- 4078_7790
4078_7790
1.8 TCR
- Systex Product
Systex Products Corporation 300
1.8 TCR
- Visual Options
Visual Options
1.8 TCR
- HunterDouglas
HunterDouglas Plastics & Die Casting Center
1.8 TCR
What this shows Palram Americas averages 1.8 TCR (56% of the Building panels, corrugated and flat, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Palram Americas TCR series: 2016=3.8 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=1 · 2019=0 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=1 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Palram Americas falls in its industry
2,838 Building panels, corrugated an establishmentsSafer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 183 Building panels, corrugated an employers in Pennsylvania.
Palram Americas has more employees than the Building panels, corrugated and flat, pl 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326199 · PA · Kutztown
2,838 Building panels, corrugated and flat, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 43 employers in Kutztown, PA · 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 | 4078_7790 | 1.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Systex Products Corporation 300 | 1.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Visual Options | 1.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | HunterDouglas Plastics & Die Casting Center | 1.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Kreider Farms - Manheim & Specialty Egg | 123 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Brunner Island - Talen Energy | 123 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | West Conshohocken Gas Plant | 123 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Road-Con, Inc. | 123 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DC 30 - Kutztown, PA | 521 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Advance Auto Parts DC 30 | 478 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Jetson Specialty Marketing Services Inc | 413 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WIRE AND CABLE | 253 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Southland Electric, Inc | 1.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jamesburg - D014 | 1.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Galleria Market Northridge | 1.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | KCR Inc dba Petra Contracting | 1.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Graco Inc. - Riverside Office Complex | 123 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Portland 222 | 123 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Haskell Corporation | 123 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sure Fresh Produce, Inc | 123 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.