Jars, plastics, manufacturing · Ohio

Podnar Plastics, Inc.

Kent, OH · ~324 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Podnar Plastics, Inc. runs at 269% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Jars, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Podnar Plastics, Inc.: 8.9 TCR = 269% of Jars, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Podnar Plastics, Inc. safety composite

Podnar Plastics, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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).

D

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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

−5.8

2016→2019

Podnar Plastics, Inc. injury rate improved

Podnar Plastics, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.8 from 10.8 in 2016 to 5.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 13.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.8 · 2017=6.5 · 2018=13.3 · 2019=5.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Kent, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.9 · 269% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #255/270
  • PHOTO HBB Michigan
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~324 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HBB Michigan (0.0 TCR gap)

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Podnar Plastics, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Podnar Plastics, Inc. averages 8.9 TCR (269% of the Jars, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Podnar Plastics, Inc. TCR series: 2016=10.8 · 2017=6.5 · 2018=13.3 · 2019=5 · BLS 3.3

Where Podnar Plastics, Inc. falls in its industry

2,838 Jars, plastics, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #255 safest of 270 Jars, plastics, manufacturing employers in Ohio.

Podnar Plastics, Inc. (324 employees, TCR 8.9) 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 Podnar Plastics, Inc.
Podnar Plastics, Inc. (324 employees, TCR 8.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Podnar Plastics, Inc. has more employees than the Jars, plastics, manufacturing 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
2019 5.0 0.0 1 0 0
2018 13.3 0.0 3 0 0
2017 6.5 0.0 2 0 0
2016 10.8 0.0 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · OH · Kent

2,838 Jars, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 188 employers in Kent, OH · 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 HBB Michigan 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR ADMO, Inc. 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Absolute Plastics 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ModRoto Madison, IN 8.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kraft Heinz Mason 324 FTE
STATE-SIZE BRT Extrusions Inc 324 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ardagh Metal Packaging - Huron 324 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbus Equipment Company 324 FTE
CITY-NEAR CARTER LUMBER CORPORATE OFFICE 600 786 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3722 410 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3722 396 FTE
CITY-NEAR 317 - Tallmadge Rd Kent 246 FTE
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0029 3135 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Abs 0028 3520 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR LTI Smartglass 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Superior Grocers # 117 8.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Paradigm Precision 3651 SE Commerce Ave Stuart FL 324 FTE
NAT-SIZE 8935 Lv Stucco 324 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pitts Trailers - Elba Dorsey 324 FTE
NAT-SIZE Deploy HR Allentown 324 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.