Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing · Kentucky
Sealed Air Corporation
Louisville, KY · ~137 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sealed Air Corporation runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Sealed Air Corporation: 3.5 TCR = 105% of Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sealed Air Corporation safety composite
Sealed Air Corporation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.45 per 100 workers
Safer than 42% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Sealed Air Corporation: 1.9 → 4.0 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 7.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.15× in 2024
Sealed Air Corporation's TCR rose 2.0 from 1.9 in 2018 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326140 · Louisville, KY ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 105% of ind
- DART 4.0 DART
- RANK #6/7
- PHOTO Lakeland EPS Plant
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 32 inj
- SIZE ~137 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lakeland EPS Plant (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sealed Air Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Sealed Air Corporation
3.5 TCR
- Lakeland EPS P
Lakeland EPS Plant
3.5 TCR
- Foam Fabricato
Foam Fabricators, Inc
3.5 TCR
- Styrene Produc
Styrene Products - Arcadia
3.5 TCR
- Cascades Plast
Cascades Plastics, Inc.
3.4 TCR
What this shows Sealed Air Corporation averages 3.5 TCR (105% of the Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Sealed Air Corporation TCR series: 2018=1.9 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=4.9 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=7.4 · 2024=4 · BLS 3.3
Where Sealed Air Corporation falls in its industry
260 Polystyrene foam packaging man establishmentsSafer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Polystyrene foam packaging man employers in Kentucky.
Sealed Air Corporation has more employees than the Polystyrene foam packaging 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326140 · KY · Louisville
260 Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 1,638 employers in Louisville, 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 | Lakeland EPS Plant | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Foam Fabricators, Inc | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cascades Plastics, Inc. | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Styrene Products - Arcadia | 3.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | AEP Industries Inc | 137 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Aristech Surfaces LLC | 137 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Novelis Berea | 137 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ball Beverage Pkg 176 Bowling Green | 137 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Jefferson County Public Schools | 18,524 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | KYGRA - WORLDPORT | 11,933 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WORLDPORT (KYGRA) | 9,667 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | KTKY TRUCK | 8,757 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Social Vocational Services 262 | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Keithly Electric Company | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Durham Wastewater Treatment Plant | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Meeker Cooperative Light & Power Association | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | NA-US-MN-Brooklyn Park-Office | 137 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ardisam, Inc. | 137 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BW Mitchum Trucking | 137 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Facilities Services | 137 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.