Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing · Colorado
UFP Technologies
Denver, CO · ~53 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
UFP Technologies runs at 114% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
UFP Technologies: 3.8 TCR = 114% of Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
UFP Technologies safety composite
UFP Technologies scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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).
32/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.76 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 12% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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
UFP Technologies: 2.9 → 5.0 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 5.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.32× in 2024
UFP Technologies's TCR rose 2.0 from 2.9 in 2018 to 5.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326150 · Denver, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 114% of ind
- DART 5.0 DART
- RANK #3/7
- PHOTO Aeroflex USA
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 14 inj
- SIZE ~53 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Aeroflex USA (0.0 TCR gap)
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UFP Technologies in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
UFP Technologies
3.8 TCR
- Aeroflex USA
Aeroflex USA
3.8 TCR
- Woodbridge Foa
Woodbridge Foam Fabricators, Inc
3.8 TCR
- Tecnifoam
Tecnifoam
3.8 TCR
- Vintage
Vintage
3.8 TCR
What this shows UFP Technologies averages 3.8 TCR (114% of the Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
UFP Technologies TCR series: 2018=2.9 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=2 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=4.6 · 2024=5 · BLS 3.3
Where UFP Technologies falls in its industry
474 Foam plastics products (except establishmentsSafer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.
Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 7 Foam plastics products (except employers in Colorado.
UFP Technologies has fewer employees than the Foam plastics products (except polystren median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326150 · CO · Denver
474 Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 1,757 employers in Denver, CO · 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 | Aeroflex USA | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Woodbridge Foam Fabricators, Inc | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tecnifoam | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Vintage | 3.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Granby | 53 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 3022265 - DEN Great Hall Phase 3B | 53 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Provident Construction | 53 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Diesslin Structures Inc | 53 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DEN DEN | 9,832 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6925-DEN | 6,769 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DEN - Airport United Airlines Offices | 5,277 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CO-01 | 4,581 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Gilbert AZ | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Roanoke, Va | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cht USA Inc | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kendal on Hudson | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Northfield Mountain | 53 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Engineered Spring Products | 53 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Maps Services Inc | 53 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Arden Courts of Farmington | 53 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.