Plastics resins compounding from recycled materials · Arizona

Southwest Distributing

Name: Southwest Distributing Workplace Safety Data
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Mesa, AZ · ~90 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Southwest Distributing runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Plastics resins compounding from recycled materials workplace, earning a grade C.

Southwest Distributing: 3.8 TCR = 115% of Plastics resins compounding from recycled materials BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southwest Distributing safety composite

Southwest Distributing scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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).

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 3.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

Southwest Distributing: 0.0 → 7.6 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 7.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.33× in 2018

Southwest Distributing's TCR rose 7.6 from 0.0 in 2016 to 7.6 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325991 · Mesa, AZ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 115% of ind

DART 1.3 DART
RANK #3/4
PHOTO GSDI Specialty Dispe…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~90 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GSDI Specialty Disperions, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Techmer PM CA

3.8

What this shows Southwest Distributing averages 3.8 TCR (115% of the Plastics resins compounding from recycled materials BLS benchmark).

Southwest Distributing TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=7.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Southwest Distributing falls in its industry

342 Plastics resins compounding fr establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Plastics resins compounding fr employers in Arizona.

Southwest Distributing (90 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Southwest Distributing has more employees than the Plastics resins compounding from recycle 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
2018	7.6	1.3	5	1	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325991 · AZ · Mesa

342 Plastics resins compounding from recycled materials employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 565 employers in Mesa, AZ · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	GSDI Specialty Disperions, Inc	MASSILLON, OH	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Washington Penn Plastic Co., Inc. - Frnkfort Division	FRANKFORT, KY	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Seemann Composites, LLC	GULFPORT, MS	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Techmer PM CA	RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CA	3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Coronado	WILLCOX	90 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lakeside Headquarters	LAKESIDE	90 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Meritage Homes of Florida - South Florida Division	SCOTTSDALE	90 FTE
STATE-SIZE	5916096 Intel OCOC Program Integrator	CHANDLER	90 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AZ001	Mesa	4,193 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AZAPW9668 AZA - RAMP PAX	Mesa	3,181 FTE
CITY-NEAR	04-290370278-2	Mesa	1,964 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Police Department H210	Mesa	1,651 FTE
NAT-TCR	4006 Mt. Aloysius College	Cresson, PA	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ft. Pierce (Flftp)	Ft. Pierce, FL	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	PMCO Portland	Portland, OR	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Big Lots Store #5113 Coral Springs,	Coral Springs, FL	3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	SC700 - Knoxville	Knoxville, TN	90 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CC008 - Anaheim- CA	Anaheim, CA	90 FTE
NAT-SIZE	United Mail Sorting, Inc.	Louisville, KY	90 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Augusta Nursing and Rehab	Fishersville, VA	90 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: 2018, 2016. 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.