Paper plates made from purchased paper or paperboard · Michigan

AJM Packaging - Southgate

Southgate, MI · ~569 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

AJM Packaging - Southgate runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Paper plates made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade B.

AJM Packaging - Southgate: 2.5 TCR = 76% of Paper plates made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

AJM Packaging - Southgate safety composite

AJM Packaging - Southgate scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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%).

AJM Packaging - Southgate held a steady TCR band

AJM Packaging - Southgate's TCR held near 0.3 from 2.0 in 2021 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=2.0 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322219 · Southgate, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 76% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #1/7
  • PHOTO Greif Wright City
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 48 inj
  • SIZE ~569 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Greif Wright City (0.0 TCR gap)

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AJM Packaging - Southgate in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows AJM Packaging - Southgate averages 2.5 TCR (76% of the Paper plates made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS benchmark).

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

AJM Packaging - Southgate TCR series: 2021=2 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where AJM Packaging - Southgate falls in its industry

140 Paper plates made from purchas establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 7 Paper plates made from purchas employers in Michigan.

AJM Packaging - Southgate (569 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 AJM Packaging - Southgate
AJM Packaging - Southgate (569 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.6

AJM Packaging - Southgate has more employees than the Paper plates made from purchased paper o median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 2.3 1.3 8 6 0
2023 3.8 2.8 16 7 0
2022 1.9 1.6 12 0 0
2021 2.0 2.0 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322219 · MI · Southgate

140 Paper plates made from purchased paper or paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 33 employers in Southgate, MI · 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 Greif Wright City 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clearwater Paper Elwood LLC 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Letica-Tennessee 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR AJM Packaging - Joplin 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE BAE SYSTEMS 569 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northwestern Michigan College - 28999 569 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bandit Industries, Inc. 570 FTE
STATE-SIZE Benteler Automotive 568 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Guidance Center 540 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5842 369 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5842 349 FTE
CITY-NEAR Meijer Store 123 310 FTE
NAT-TCR Delta Air Lines - LIT 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Delta Air Lines - ATL CARGO 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Verdesian Life Sciences 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Ohio Living - Llanfair 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE City of Raleigh- Public Utilities 569 FTE
NAT-SIZE SSA Terminals, LLC A90-94 569 FTE
NAT-SIZE MSI Express - Batavia 569 FTE
NAT-SIZE Main Office 569 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.