Coolers or ice chests, plastics (except foam), manufacturing · Connecticut

Plastic Design International, Inc.

Middletown, CT · ~43 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Plastic Design International, Inc. runs at 116% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Coolers or ice chests, plastics (except foam), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Plastic Design International, Inc.: 3.8 TCR = 116% of Coolers or ice chests, plastics (except foam), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Plastic Design International, Inc. safety composite

Plastic Design International, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 45%), 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−3.1

2016→2023

Plastic Design International, Inc. injury rate improved

Plastic Design International, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.1 from 5.6 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.6 · 2018=0.0 · 2020=6.3 · 2021=4.0 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Middletown, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 116% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/33
  • PHOTO Faith Plastics LLC
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Faith Plastics LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Plastic Design International, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Plastic Design International, Inc. averages 3.8 TCR (116% of the Coolers or ice chests, plastics (except foam), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Plastic Design International, Inc. TCR series: 2016=5.6 · 2018=0 · 2020=6.3 · 2021=4 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Plastic Design International, Inc. falls in its industry

2,838 Coolers or ice chests, plastic establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 33 Coolers or ice chests, plastic employers in Connecticut.

Plastic Design International, Inc. (43 employees, TCR 3.8) 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Plastic Design International, Inc.
Plastic Design International, Inc. (43 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Plastic Design International, Inc. has fewer employees than the Coolers or ice chests, plastics (except median and a higher 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
2023 2.5 0.0 1 0 0
2022 4.5 2.3 2 0 0
2021 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2020 6.3 3.2 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 5.6 5.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · CT · Middletown

2,838 Coolers or ice chests, plastics (except foam), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 119 employers in Middletown, CT · 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 Faith Plastics LLC 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Special-Lite Benton Harbor 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR JOB CREATION LLC 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR CJ Industries 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Franklin 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Middletown Power LLC 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bismark Construction Company, Inc. 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Paganelli Construction Corp 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pratt & Whitney Middletown 2,686 FTE
CITY-NEAR MIDDLESEX HEALTH SYSTEM INC. 2,666 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-MIDD 1,435 FTE
CITY-NEAR Middletown Public Schools 1,105 FTE
NAT-TCR Hampton Inn & Suites Mobile AL 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Peterson Mechanical Inc 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR MA Metal 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR CHF Industries, Inc. - Distribution Facility 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE BT Louisville 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pannier Glenshaw 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Butte Valley 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lakeland Senior Living 43 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.