Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing · Massachusetts

Tekni-Plex

Ashland, MA · ~25 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tekni-Plex runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Tekni-Plex: 1.5 TCR = 45% of Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tekni-Plex safety composite

Tekni-Plex scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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%).

Tekni-Plex held a steady TCR band

Tekni-Plex's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=0.0 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326112 · Ashland, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 45% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/15
  • PHOTO Metro Poly Corp.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Metro Poly Corp. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tekni-Plex in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tekni-Plex averages 1.5 TCR (45% of the Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Tekni-Plex TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Tekni-Plex falls in its industry

396 Flexible packaging, plastics f establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 15 Flexible packaging, plastics f employers in Massachusetts.

Tekni-Plex (25 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 90 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Tekni-Plex
Tekni-Plex (25 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 90 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Tekni-Plex has fewer employees than the Flexible packaging, plastics film, manuf median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.4 4.4 0 1 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326112 · MA · Ashland

396 Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 21 employers in Ashland, MA · 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 Metro Poly Corp. 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR PS Business Acquisitions- Sparta 1761 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tredegar Film Products Tech Center 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sealed Air Corporation (Rogers) 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE GREAT BARRINGTON-MA11 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE HANOVER-MA12 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Marshfield 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Knollmeyer Building Corp. - 01 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Market Basket #46 321 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kidde-Fenwal, Inc 289 FTE
CITY-NEAR USA-MA-Kidde Fenwal-Ashland Factory 251 FTE
CITY-NEAR Terumo Cardiovascular Group 181 FTE
NAT-TCR OSECO 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Dell Diamond RS3 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR New Bern Resource Center - PNG 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR National Distribution Centers LLC-4190 EAGLE HILL DRIVE 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Jack in the Box #455 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Turtle Rock IRA 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Caoai - Kawasaki Power Sports Dlo - 10681 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bayport Chemical Plant 25 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, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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