Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins · Kentucky

Teknor Thermoplastic Elastomers, Inc

Henderson, KY · ~33 workers · 9 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

Teknor Thermoplastic Elastomers, Inc runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins workplace, earning a grade A.

Teknor Thermoplastic Elastomers, Inc: 1.5 TCR = 46% of Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Teknor Thermoplastic Elastomers, Inc safety composite

Teknor Thermoplastic Elastomers, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−5.7

2016→2024

Teknor Thermoplastic Elastomers, Inc injury rate improved

Teknor Thermoplastic Elastomers, Inc's TCR fell 5.7 from 5.7 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.7 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325991 · Henderson, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 46% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/10
  • PHOTO Freeman Manufacturin…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Freeman Manufacturing & Supply Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Teknor Thermoplastic Elastomers, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Teknor Thermoplastic Elastomers, Inc averages 1.5 TCR (46% of the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS benchmark).

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

Teknor Thermoplastic Elastomers, Inc TCR series: 2016=5.7 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Teknor Thermoplastic Elastomers, Inc falls in its industry

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blen establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 10 Custom compounding (i.e., blen employers in Kentucky.

Teknor Thermoplastic Elastomers, Inc (33 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Teknor Thermoplastic Elastomers, Inc
Teknor Thermoplastic Elastomers, Inc (33 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Teknor Thermoplastic Elastomers, Inc has fewer employees than the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and m median and a lower 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.9 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2016 5.7 2.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325991 · KY · Henderson

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 82 employers in Henderson, 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 Freeman Manufacturing & Supply Company 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Polyone 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shawano Recycling Center 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR PolyOne Corporation Terre Haute Facility 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Appharvest Richmond Farm, LLC. 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Earlington 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Earlington Operations Center 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Muldraugh Station 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gibbs Die Casting 995 FTE
CITY-NEAR Methodist Hospital main campus 660 FTE
CITY-NEAR Deaconess Henderson Hospital 586 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 694 377 FTE
NAT-TCR Larkin Industries, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Interior Enterprizes, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Cohen Woodlawn 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Suhm Spring of Dallas 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sunbelt Feed Yard 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Copperhead Chemical Company Inc. 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Interstate Printing Company 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Royal Beef Feed Yard 33 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.