Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing · Kentucky
Summit Polymers Inc. - Plant Nine
Elizabethtown, KY · ~226 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Summit Polymers Inc. - Plant Nine runs at 214% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Summit Polymers Inc. - Plant Nine: 7.1 TCR = 214% of Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Summit Polymers Inc. - Plant Nine safety composite
Summit Polymers Inc. - Plant Nine scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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).
24/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.07 per 100 workers
Safer than 18% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% 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
−1.4
2016→2022
Summit Polymers Inc. - Plant Nine injury rate improved
Summit Polymers Inc. - Plant Nine's TCR fell 1.4 from 7.7 in 2016 to 6.3 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 9.7 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=7.7 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=4.9 · 2019=9.7 · 2022=6.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326199 · Elizabethtown, KY ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 214% of ind
- DART 6.3 DART
- RANK #52/59
- PHOTO TX
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 70 inj
- SIZE ~226 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: TX (0.0 TCR gap)
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Summit Polymers Inc. - Plant Nine in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Summit Polymers Inc. - Plant Nine
7.1 TCR
- TX
TX
7.1 TCR
- Conwed Plastic
Conwed Plastics
7.1 TCR
- Mid Atlantic V
Mid Atlantic Vinyl Product VA
7.1 TCR
- Engineered Pla
Engineered Plastics West
7.1 TCR
What this shows Summit Polymers Inc. - Plant Nine averages 7.1 TCR (214% of the Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Summit Polymers Inc. - Plant Nine TCR series: 2016=7.7 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=4.9 · 2019=9.7 · 2022=6.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Summit Polymers Inc. - Plant Nine falls in its industry
2,838 Motor vehicle moldings and ext establishmentsSafer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #52 safest of 59 Motor vehicle moldings and ext employers in Kentucky.
Summit Polymers Inc. - Plant Nine has more employees than the Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, p 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9.7 | 6.5 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.8 | 4.9 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326199 · KY · Elizabethtown
2,838 Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 130 employers in Elizabethtown, 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 | TX | 7.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Conwed Plastics | 7.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mid Atlantic Vinyl Product VA | 7.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Engineered Plastics West | 7.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Newly Weds Foods, LLC. - Erlanger | 226 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Everburn Manufacturing Inc | 226 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1094 - Lexington SE | 226 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Meijer Great Lakes Limited Partnership | 226 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hardin Memorial Hospital | 2,311 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Baptist Health Hardin | 2,058 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Metalsa | 1,807 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Etown | 956 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | St. Luke's Physicians Group- NJ | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rubright Construction, Inc. | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 4054-ABS-0027-0026-01461 | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 6962-SWY-0029-0029-02381 | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Decatur Street | 226 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 6962-SWY-0025-0025-02621 | 226 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | KW International, LLC | 226 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1855-TXWAC2 | 226 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.