Laminated plastics plate, rod, and sheet, manufacturing · Pennsylvania
PORT Plastics, DBA Lehigh Valley Plastics
Bethlehem, PA · ~101 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
PORT Plastics, DBA Lehigh Valley Plastics runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Laminated plastics plate, rod, and sheet, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
PORT Plastics, DBA Lehigh Valley Plastics: 4.5 TCR = 135% of Laminated plastics plate, rod, and sheet, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
PORT Plastics, DBA Lehigh Valley Plastics safety composite
PORT Plastics, DBA Lehigh Valley Plastics scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 39%), 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).
59/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.46 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 87% 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
−8.3
2018→2023
PORT Plastics, DBA Lehigh Valley Plastics injury rate improved
PORT Plastics, DBA Lehigh Valley Plastics's TCR fell 8.3 from 8.3 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=8.3 · 2019=5.5 · 2020=1.0 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=7.5 · 2023=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326130 · Bethlehem, PA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 135% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #12/25
- PHOTO Tangent - Poplar
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 22 inj
- SIZE ~101 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Tangent - Poplar (0.0 TCR gap)
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PORT Plastics, DBA Lehigh Valley Plastics in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
PORT Plastics, DBA Lehigh Valley Plastics
4.5 TCR
- Tangent - Popl
Tangent - Poplar
4.5 TCR
- Cedarburg
Cedarburg
4.5 TCR
- Spaulding Comp
Spaulding Composites
4.5 TCR
- Clearwater Com
Clearwater Composites LLC
4.4 TCR
What this shows PORT Plastics, DBA Lehigh Valley Plastics averages 4.5 TCR (135% of the Laminated plastics plate, rod, and sheet, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
PORT Plastics, DBA Lehigh Valley Plastics TCR series: 2018=8.3 · 2019=5.5 · 2020=1 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=7.5 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3
Where PORT Plastics, DBA Lehigh Valley Plastics falls in its industry
160 Laminated plastics plate, rod, establishmentsSafer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 25 Laminated plastics plate, rod, employers in Pennsylvania.
PORT Plastics, DBA Lehigh Valley Plastics has more employees than the Laminated plastics plate, rod, and sheet 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.5 | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326130 · PA · Bethlehem
160 Laminated plastics plate, rod, and sheet, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 358 employers in Bethlehem, PA · 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 | Tangent - Poplar | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cedarburg | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Spaulding Composites | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Clearwater Composites LLC | 4.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | P. Agnes, Inc. | 101 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | IA Construction Corporation | 101 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Klover Sepa Inc | 101 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | National Glass and Metal Co., Inc. | 101 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Luke's Hospital | 5,338 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Luke's Physician's Group | 3,041 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LVH-Muhlenberg | 2,139 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4087 | 2,105 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Bolke Miller Company 2 | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Boat Building Manufacturing | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Triton Construction, Inc. | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 5252 Stadium | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | North America : Dallas | 101 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Stewart & Stevenson I-10 Branch | 101 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Waterbury Arts Magnet School | 101 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pirkey | 101 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.