Shipping containers, corrugated, made from purchased paper or paperboard · Illinois

Akers Packaging Solutions, Inc. (Decatur)

Oreana, IL · ~31 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Akers Packaging Solutions, Inc. (Decatur) runs at 57% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Shipping containers, corrugated, made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade B.

Akers Packaging Solutions, Inc. (Decatur): 1.9 TCR = 57% of Shipping containers, corrugated, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Akers Packaging Solutions, Inc. (Decatur) safety composite

Akers Packaging Solutions, Inc. (Decatur) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−3.8

2016→2017

Akers Packaging Solutions, Inc. (Decatur) injury rate improved

Akers Packaging Solutions, Inc. (Decatur)'s TCR fell 3.8 from 3.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.8 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.8 · 2017=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322211 · Oreana, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 57% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #30/86
  • PHOTO International Paper
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: International Paper (0.0 TCR gap)

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Akers Packaging Solutions, Inc. (Decatur) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Akers Packaging Solutions, Inc. (Decatur) averages 1.9 TCR (57% of the Shipping containers, corrugated, 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

Akers Packaging Solutions, Inc. (Decatur) TCR series: 2016=3.8 · 2017=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Akers Packaging Solutions, Inc. (Decatur) falls in its industry

1,338 Shipping containers, corrugate establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 86 Shipping containers, corrugate employers in Illinois.

Akers Packaging Solutions, Inc. (Decatur) (31 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0100200300 0123456 Average employees Total Case Rate Akers Packaging Solutions, Inc. (Decatur)
Akers Packaging Solutions, Inc. (Decatur) (31 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Akers Packaging Solutions, Inc. (Decatur) has fewer employees than the Shipping containers, corrugated, made fr median and a lower 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
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 3.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322211 · IL · Oreana

1,338 Shipping containers, corrugated, made from purchased paper or paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 4 employers in Oreana, IL · 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 International Paper 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Smurfit Kappa Fort Worth 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4330 Chattanooga Container 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR SPL-Independence Corrugated WI 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bear Creek Genetics, LLC. 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Highland 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Maschhoffs, LLC - Pittsfield Office 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Beardstown 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR akers packaging service inc 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Akers (Decatur) 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Seneca Companies- Oreana 21 FTE
NAT-TCR Kimber Mfg., Inc. 161 Railroad 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 08 - Watertown 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Scs-Stead Nv - 2669 (Nvste) 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ashland (Kyald) 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Martin Overhead Garage Door Service Inc. 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bieker Electric, Inc. 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0175 - Laurel, Md 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stewart Creek 31 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.