Bottles, plastics, manufacturing · Texas
Plastipak- Highlands
Highlands, TX · ~98 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Plastipak- Highlands runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bottles, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Plastipak- Highlands: 2.7 TCR = 82% of Bottles, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Plastipak- Highlands safety composite
Plastipak- Highlands scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).
35/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.7 per 100 workers
Safer than 37% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.21 per 100 workers
Safer than 23% 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
−3.6
2016→2024
Plastipak- Highlands injury rate improved
Plastipak- Highlands's TCR fell 3.6 from 5.8 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=5.8 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=0.8 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=2.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326160 · Highlands, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 82% of ind
- DART 2.2 DART
- RANK #18/28
- PHOTO CKS Arden
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 27 inj
- SIZE ~98 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: CKS Arden (0.0 TCR gap)
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Plastipak- Highlands in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Plastipak- Highlands
2.7 TCR
- CKS Arden
CKS Arden
2.7 TCR
- Axium Addison
Axium Addison
2.7 TCR
- Ottawa
Ottawa
2.7 TCR
- 20 - Orange Av
20 - Orange Avenue
2.7 TCR
What this shows Plastipak- Highlands averages 2.7 TCR (82% of the Bottles, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Plastipak- Highlands TCR series: 2016=5.8 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=0.8 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Plastipak- Highlands falls in its industry
411 Bottles, plastics, manufacturi establishmentsSafer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 28 Bottles, plastics, manufacturi employers in Texas.
Plastipak- Highlands has more employees than the Bottles, plastics, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.8 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326160 · TX · Highlands
411 Bottles, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5 employers in Highlands, TX · 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 | CKS Arden | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Axium Addison | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ottawa | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 20 - Orange Avenue | 2.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. - Fain/West Panhandle | 98 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Midland Service Center | 98 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Texarkana Operations | 98 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | EL PASO TX INFO CEN | 98 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ZXP Technologies | 230 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport | 110 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FoodTown #209 | 93 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Highlands | 87 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Vcf 825 | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lowes Foods #159 | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Great South Timber & Lumber, LLC | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Roseville Plant | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | OHDC | 98 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BEN | 98 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Amthor Steel | 98 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Holyoke - 40 Bobala Road | 98 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.