Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins · North Carolina

Plastics Color Corporation of NC

Asheboro, NC · ~50 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Plastics Color Corporation of NC runs at 441% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins workplace, earning a grade F.

Plastics Color Corporation of NC: 14.6 TCR = 441% of Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Plastics Color Corporation of NC safety composite

Plastics Color Corporation of NC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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).

F

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

−5.5

2016→2019

Plastics Color Corporation of NC injury rate improved

Plastics Color Corporation of NC's TCR fell 5.5 from 13.8 in 2016 to 8.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 22.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.8 · 2017=13.7 · 2018=22.3 · 2019=8.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325991 · Asheboro, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.6 · 441% of ind

  • DART 6.3 DART
  • RANK #22/22
  • PHOTO Borealis Compunds In…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Borealis Compunds Inc Rockport (1.1 TCR gap)

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Plastics Color Corporation of NC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Plastics Color Corporation of NC averages 14.6 TCR (441% of the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS benchmark).

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

Plastics Color Corporation of NC TCR series: 2016=13.8 · 2017=13.7 · 2018=22.3 · 2019=8.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Plastics Color Corporation of NC falls in its industry

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blen establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 22 Custom compounding (i.e., blen employers in North Carolina.

Plastics Color Corporation of NC (50 employees, TCR 14.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Plastics Color Corporation of NC
Plastics Color Corporation of NC (50 employees, TCR 14.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Plastics Color Corporation of NC has fewer employees than the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and m median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2019 8.3 6.3 3 1 0
2018 22.3 13.0 12 0 0
2017 13.7 9.8 7 0 0
2016 13.8 11.8 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325991 · NC · Asheboro

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 139 employers in Asheboro, NC · 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 Borealis Compunds Inc Rockport 13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Breen Color Concentrates 13.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Polykemi Manufacturing LLC 12.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Portland 12.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Terrell and Johnny Williams 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wadesboro Hatchery / Transp 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northern Region Office (Cary) 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE WEMC - Youngsville 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR 8020236-Energizer/Asheboro 1,287 FTE
CITY-NEAR 8020236 Energizer Asheboro 654 FTE
CITY-NEAR Technimark, LLC Plant 5 633 FTE
CITY-NEAR Technimark LLC - Plant 5 466 FTE
NAT-TCR 695 Huntingdon Ave 14.6 TCR
NAT-TCR El Paso Block Plant 14.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Good Samaritan Society Deuel County 14.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Garden Park Medical Center 14.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Advance Industrial Maintenance & Machine, Inc. 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Flagstaff 24124 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Henick-Lane Inc. Office 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elliott Aviation DSM 50 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.