AJM Packaging - Southgate
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SOUTHGATE, MI | Paper plates made from purchased paper or paperboard
~569 avg employees | 4 years of OSHA data
AJM Packaging - Southgate has an average TCR of 2.5, which is 76% of the industry average (3.3) for Paper plates made from purchased paper or paperboard. This is better than average.
Safety Insights for AJM Packaging - Southgate
AJM Packaging - Southgate operates an establishment with approximately 569 full-time equivalent workers in SOUTHGATE, MI, classified under the Paper plates made from purchased paper or paperboard industry (NAICS 322219). Across 4 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 48 recordable injuries, 13 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 2.5 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the B letter grade (Good Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 3.3 for Paper plates made from purchased paper or paperboard, AJM Packaging - Southgate's workforce experiences 76% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR below the benchmark signals that controls, training, or automation may be outperforming peers.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 4 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating AJM Packaging - Southgate as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from AJM Packaging - Southgate's own 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 322219 — Paper plates made from purchased paper or paperboard.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2024)
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.
8 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 1,216,667 hours worked = 1.32 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| AJM Packaging - Southgate (this establishment) | 2.52 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 4-year avg |
| Fiber tubes made from purchased paperboard industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 322219 |
| Michigan state avg (all industries) | 10.90 | 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 AJM Packaging - Southgate 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: 14 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 6 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 23 reportable incidents · 16 injuries, 7 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 12 reportable incidents · 12 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 12 reportable incidents · 12 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 | 2.3 | 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 |
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