Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard · Ohio
Akers Packaging Service Group - Van Wert Division
Van Wert, OH · ~34 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Akers Packaging Service Group - Van Wert Division runs at 134% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade D.
Akers Packaging Service Group - Van Wert Division: 4.4 TCR = 134% of Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Akers Packaging Service Group - Van Wert Division safety composite
Akers Packaging Service Group - Van Wert Division scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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).
28/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.41 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.87 per 100 workers
Safer than 22% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Akers Packaging Service Group - Van Wert Division: 3.1 → 5.7 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 5.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.65× in 2024
Akers Packaging Service Group - Van Wert Division's TCR rose 2.7 from 3.1 in 2023 to 5.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322211 · Van Wert, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 134% of ind
- DART 2.9 DART
- RANK #95/109
- PHOTO akers packaging serv…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~34 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: akers packaging service inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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Akers Packaging Service Group - Van Wert Division in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Akers Packaging Service Group - Van Wert Division
4.4 TCR
- akers packagin
akers packaging service inc
4.4 TCR
- Kalamazoo Mfg
Kalamazoo Mfg
4.4 TCR
- COLUMBUS, IN
COLUMBUS, IN
4.4 TCR
- International
International Paper - Three Rivers Container
4.4 TCR
What this shows Akers Packaging Service Group - Van Wert Division averages 4.4 TCR (134% of the Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS benchmark).
Akers Packaging Service Group - Van Wert Division TCR series: 2023=3.1 · 2024=5.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Akers Packaging Service Group - Van Wert Division falls in its industry
1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi establishmentsSafer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #95 safest of 109 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi employers in Ohio.
Akers Packaging Service Group - Van Wert Division has fewer employees than the Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322211 · OH · Van Wert
1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 48 employers in Van Wert, OH · 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 | akers packaging service inc | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kalamazoo Mfg | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | COLUMBUS, IN | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | International Paper - Three Rivers Container | 4.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Bauman Orchards Inc. | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Millcreek Gardens LLC | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Meadow View Growers, Inc | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ayers farms inc | 34 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | VAN WERT OH | 951 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Danfoss Power Solutions II, LLC | 840 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | VW Cooked Meats Plant | 685 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cooper Farms Cooked Meats | 597 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Millersburg Equipment & Machine, Inc. | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Giant Food Stores 6331 | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | UConn Health Center | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 8561 Burlington Wa | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | American International Tooling Inc | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | TN Warehouse | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | UPT Wichita | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Nedland Industries | 34 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.