Blow molding machinery for plastics manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Universal Plastics

Latrobe, PA · ~70 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Universal Plastics runs at 385% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Blow molding machinery for plastics manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Universal Plastics: 12.7 TCR = 385% of Blow molding machinery for plastics manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Universal Plastics safety composite

Universal Plastics scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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

−10.6

2021→2024

Universal Plastics injury rate improved

Universal Plastics's TCR fell 10.6 from 10.6 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 27.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=10.6 · 2022=27.5 · 2023=12.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333249 · Latrobe, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.7 · 385% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #32/33
  • PHOTO Kleiss Gears dba Vic…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 35 inj
  • SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kleiss Gears dba Victrex (0.3 TCR gap)

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Universal Plastics in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Universal Plastics averages 12.7 TCR (385% of the Blow molding machinery for plastics manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Universal Plastics TCR series: 2021=10.6 · 2022=27.5 · 2023=12.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Universal Plastics falls in its industry

448 Blow molding machinery for pla establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 33 Blow molding machinery for pla employers in Pennsylvania.

Universal Plastics (70 employees, TCR 12.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Universal Plastics
Universal Plastics (70 employees, TCR 12.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Universal Plastics has more employees than the Blow molding machinery for plastics manu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 12.8 5.5 6 1 0
2022 27.5 17.9 18 2 0
2021 10.6 1.0 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333249 · PA · Latrobe

448 Blow molding machinery for plastics manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 66 employers in Latrobe, PA · 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 Kleiss Gears dba Victrex 13.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Besser Sioux City 13.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jomar Corp 12.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Granite Valley Forest Products 12.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Grace Ind 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clark Contractors, Inc. 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tutor Perini Building Corp. - Northeast 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Weaver Companies, Inc. 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR Latrobe Hospital 848 FTE
CITY-NEAR SAO : LSM - Latrobe 654 FTE
CITY-NEAR Adelphoi Village, Inc. 537 FTE
CITY-NEAR Latrobe Tech Center 534 FTE
NAT-TCR Pineville 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Buzz Logistics, Inc. 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 2051 - Huntington Beach East 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Uncasville Ct 12.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE RidgeLine Direct Inc. 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Doorstep Delivery Solutions 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5-Star Delivery LLC. 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE National Standard Parts Associates, Inc. 70 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. 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.