Polyethylene film and unlaminated sheet (except packaging) manufacturing · Texas
Valeron Strength Films
Houston, TX · ~106 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Valeron Strength Films runs at 83% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Polyethylene film and unlaminated sheet (except packaging) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.8
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 21
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Valeron Strength Films's OSHA Total Case Rate of 2.8 to the Polyethylene film and unlaminated sheet (except packaging) manufacturing BLS benchmark of 3.3 (83% of benchmark) across 7 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Valeron Strength Films's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Valeron Strength Films falls in its industry
322 Polyethylene film and unlamina establishmentsSafer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 15 Polyethylene film and unlamina employers in Texas.
Trend analysis for Valeron Strength Films
Between 2018 and 2024, Valeron Strength Films's Total Case Rate worsened from 0.9 to 2.2 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 137% increase across 6 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2018, at a TCR of 0.9, while 2019 saw the highest rate, at 4.3, a spread of 3.4 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 7 reporting years, Valeron Strength Films recorded 21 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 7-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 21 injuries, 3 illnesses shown on this page for Valeron Strength Films are sourced from its own 7 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 326113 - Polyethylene film and unlaminated sheet (except packaging) manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 183,343 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Valeron Strength Films (this establishment) | 2.75 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 7-year avg |
| Film, plastics (except packaging), manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 326113 |
| Texas state avg (all industries) | 3.73 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Valeron Strength Films to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 2 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 4 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 6 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 6 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Valeron Strength Films's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Polyethylene film and unlaminated sheet (except packaging) manufacturing peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 83% of the Polyethylene film and unlaminated sheet (except packaging) manufacturing benchmark, Valeron Strength Films reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Polyethylene film and unlaminated sheet (except packaging) manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.