Plastics resins, custom compounding of purchased · Kentucky

Riken Elastomers Corporation

Hopkinsville, KY · ~47 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Riken Elastomers Corporation runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plastics resins, custom compounding of purchased workplace, earning a grade D.

Riken Elastomers Corporation: 4.5 TCR = 135% of Plastics resins, custom compounding of purchased BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Riken Elastomers Corporation safety composite

Riken Elastomers Corporation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Riken Elastomers Corporation: 2.3 → 6.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 6.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.49× in 2023

Riken Elastomers Corporation's TCR rose 4.4 from 2.3 in 2022 to 6.7 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325991 · Hopkinsville, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 135% of ind

  • DART 6.7 DART
  • RANK #9/10
  • PHOTO Borealis
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Borealis (0.0 TCR gap)

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Riken Elastomers Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Riken Elastomers Corporation averages 4.5 TCR (135% of the Plastics resins, custom compounding of purchased BLS benchmark).

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

Riken Elastomers Corporation TCR series: 2022=2.3 · 2023=6.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Riken Elastomers Corporation falls in its industry

342 Plastics resins, custom compou establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 10 Plastics resins, custom compou employers in Kentucky.

Riken Elastomers Corporation (47 employees, TCR 4.5) 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 Riken Elastomers Corporation
Riken Elastomers Corporation (47 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Riken Elastomers Corporation has fewer employees than the Plastics resins, custom compounding of p 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
2023 6.7 6.7 3 0 0
2022 2.3 2.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325991 · KY · Hopkinsville

342 Plastics resins, custom compounding of purchased employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 132 employers in Hopkinsville, KY · 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 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR RMA Brighton 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Milton Facility 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Virginia Poly 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Russellville 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cane Run 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Glasgow Electric Plant Board 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Miranda Construction, LLC 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jennie Stuart Medical Center 1,004 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6066 939 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6066 927 FTE
CITY-NEAR Metalsa 840 FTE
NAT-TCR Eastern Metal Supply 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Rydell Auto Outlet & Garage 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Mannix Family Market @ Hylan Boulevard LLC 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Hatchery (Quitman) 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Grand Prairie Supportive Living 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mathison Retirement Community 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE R S Maher and Son 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE WWTP 47 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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