Foam polystyrene products manufacturing · Connecticut

Polar Industries, Inc.

Prospect, CT · ~36 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Polar Industries, Inc. runs at 206% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Foam polystyrene products manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Polar Industries, Inc.: 6.8 TCR = 206% of Foam polystyrene products manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Polar Industries, Inc. safety composite

Polar Industries, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−3.0

2019→2022

Polar Industries, Inc. injury rate improved

Polar Industries, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.0 from 8.6 in 2019 to 5.6 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.6 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=8.6 · 2020=6.1 · 2022=5.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326140 · Prospect, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 206% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #4/5
  • PHOTO IOWA EPS PRODUCTS
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: IOWA EPS PRODUCTS (0.0 TCR gap)

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Polar Industries, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Polar Industries, Inc. averages 6.8 TCR (206% of the Foam polystyrene products manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Polar Industries, Inc. TCR series: 2019=8.6 · 2020=6.1 · 2022=5.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Polar Industries, Inc. falls in its industry

260 Foam polystyrene products manu establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Foam polystyrene products manu employers in Connecticut.

Polar Industries, Inc. (36 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Polar Industries, Inc.
Polar Industries, Inc. (36 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Polar Industries, Inc. has fewer employees than the Foam polystyrene products manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2022 5.6 2.8 2 0 0
2020 6.1 3.1 2 0 0
2019 8.6 8.6 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326140 · CT · Prospect

260 Foam polystyrene products manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 13 employers in Prospect, 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 IOWA EPS PRODUCTS 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Plastics, Ltd. (AZ) 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plymouth Foam Gnadenhutten, OH 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alleguard - Allentown 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE DW Loiselle Water Treatment Plant 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE BluSky Restoration Contractors Hartfod 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE 415 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Public Works & Equipment Maintenance 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR All-Star-Prospect 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prospect Volunteer Fire Department EMT 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR 163515-Prospect | CT | 163515 71 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sheldon Precision, LLC 53 FTE
NAT-TCR SHIELDS for Families - Mt. Carmel 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR C&F Steel Hamilton 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 890 - Ottawa DC 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Wible Lumber, Inc. 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE LifeServices - SouthWoods 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Homeco Insulation, Inc. 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lehman Daman Construction Services Inc. 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Victory Wine Group LLC- Austin 36 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: 2022, 2020, 2019. 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.