Tube, nonrigid plastics, manufacturing · Delaware

SWM Intl Middletown, DE

Middletown, DE · ~192 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SWM Intl Middletown, DE runs at 145% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Tube, nonrigid plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

SWM Intl Middletown, DE: 4.8 TCR = 145% of Tube, nonrigid plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SWM Intl Middletown, DE safety composite

SWM Intl Middletown, DE scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

SWM Intl Middletown, DE: 2.1 → 7.4 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 7.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.11× in 2017

SWM Intl Middletown, DE's TCR rose 5.3 from 2.1 in 2016 to 7.4 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326121 · Middletown, DE ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 145% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #5/5
  • PHOTO Technoform Bautec
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~192 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Technoform Bautec (0.0 TCR gap)

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SWM Intl Middletown, DE in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SWM Intl Middletown, DE averages 4.8 TCR (145% of the Tube, nonrigid plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

SWM Intl Middletown, DE TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=7.4 · BLS 3.3

Where SWM Intl Middletown, DE falls in its industry

202 Tube, nonrigid plastics, manuf establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Delaware alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Tube, nonrigid plastics, manuf employers in Delaware.

SWM Intl Middletown, DE (192 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate SWM Intl Middletown, DE
SWM Intl Middletown, DE (192 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 3.7

SWM Intl Middletown, DE has more employees than the Tube, nonrigid plastics, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2017 7.4 5.3 14 0 0
2016 2.1 0.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326121 · DE · Middletown

202 Tube, nonrigid plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,487 rated employers in Delaware with headcount on file · 66 employers in Middletown, DE · 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 Technoform Bautec 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Epic Plastics - Lodi 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pexco Philadelphia 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR EVCO Plastics - Oshkosh 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Supply Chain : Newark, DE 192 FTE
STATE-SIZE George & Lynch, Inc. 191 FTE
STATE-SIZE Interim Healthcare of Delaware, LLC 193 FTE
STATE-SIZE PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Dover 191 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : PHL7 2,921 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - PHL7 2,706 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEL0000049 GOODWILL INDUSTRIES - MIDDLETOWN 1,028 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3802 451 FTE
NAT-TCR HNL - Airport United Airlines Offices 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 4795-PS-TYS-KNOXVILLE-PS 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR ADI 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Miller Container - Rock Island 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Federal Mogul Motorparts - Boaz 192 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hackleburg 192 FTE
NAT-SIZE TriMet Elmonica Operations Facility 192 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carlisle Hib (Pacas) 192 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: 2017, 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.