Printing, flexographic (except books, grey goods) · Iowa

American Packaging Corporation

Story City, IA · ~325 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

American Packaging Corporation runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Printing, flexographic (except books, grey goods) workplace, earning a grade A.

American Packaging Corporation: 1.3 TCR = 41% of Printing, flexographic (except books, grey goods) BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American Packaging Corporation safety composite

American Packaging Corporation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−1.3

2018→2024

American Packaging Corporation injury rate improved

American Packaging Corporation's TCR fell 1.3 from 1.8 in 2018 to 0.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=1.8 · 2019=1.9 · 2021=1.5 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 323111 · Story City, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 41% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/29
  • PHOTO St. Charles Labels
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~325 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: St. Charles Labels (0.0 TCR gap)

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American Packaging Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows American Packaging Corporation averages 1.3 TCR (41% of the Printing, flexographic (except books, grey goods) BLS benchmark).

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

American Packaging Corporation TCR series: 2018=1.8 · 2019=1.9 · 2021=1.5 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=0.5 · BLS 3.3

Where American Packaging Corporation falls in its industry

2,001 Printing, flexographic (except establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 29 Printing, flexographic (except employers in Iowa.

American Packaging Corporation (325 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0100200300400 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate American Packaging Corporation
American Packaging Corporation (325 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.6

American Packaging Corporation has more employees than the Printing, flexographic (except books, gr median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 0.5 0.0 2 0 0
2023 1.1 0.0 4 0 0
2022 1.2 0.3 4 0 0
2021 1.5 0.3 5 0 0
2019 1.9 0.9 6 0 0
2018 1.8 0.3 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

323111 · IA · Story City

2,001 Printing, flexographic (except books, grey goods) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 16 employers in Story City, IA · 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 St. Charles Labels 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Labelworx, Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rohrer Corporation - Mesa Facility 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Roll Plant 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE The Scotts Company - Fort Madison 325 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rockwell Collins (Decorah IA) 326 FTE
STATE-SIZE Washington County Hospital and Clinics 324 FTE
STATE-SIZE Den Hartog Industries 323 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bethany Manor, Inc 297 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Packaging Corporation Flexographic Center of Excellence 283 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bethany Life 270 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bathany Manor 248 FTE
NAT-TCR Cutting Edge Laser Machining, Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Snyder 3122 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Christus St. Michael Hospital - EVS 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Northwest Medical Center - Springdale - EVS 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Milwaukee Catholic Home 325 FTE
NAT-SIZE GEOTEK 325 FTE
NAT-SIZE Florida International Terminal LLC 325 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Services 325 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, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.