Plastics foam packing and packaging materials merchant wholesalers · Tennessee

Associated Packaging INC

Name: Associated Packaging INC Workplace Safety Data
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Gallatin, TN · ~237 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.8
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Associated Packaging INC runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Plastics foam packing and packaging materials merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

Associated Packaging INC: 0.8 TCR = 38% of Plastics foam packing and packaging materials merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Associated Packaging INC safety composite

Associated Packaging INC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

−0.8

2018→2023

Associated Packaging INC injury rate improved

Associated Packaging INC's TCR fell 0.8 from 1.6 in 2018 to 0.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 1.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.93× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=1.6 · 2019=1.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423840 · Gallatin, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 38% of ind

DART 0.8 DART
RANK #2/14
PHOTO Lawson Products-Corp…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~237 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lawson Products-Corporate (0.0 TCR gap)

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0.8
Lawson Product

0.8
202520

0.8
HEADQ

0.8
MERLIN STELZER

0.8

What this shows Associated Packaging INC averages 0.8 TCR (38% of the Plastics foam packing and packaging materials merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Associated Packaging INC TCR series: 2018=1.6 · 2019=1 · 2022=0 · 2023=0.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Associated Packaging INC falls in its industry

589 Plastics foam packing and pack establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 14 Plastics foam packing and pack employers in Tennessee.

Associated Packaging INC (237 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Associated Packaging INC has more employees than the Plastics foam packing and packaging mate median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2023	0.8	0.8	2	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0	0
2019	1.0	0.5	2	0
2018	1.6	1.0	2	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423840 · TN · Gallatin

589 Plastics foam packing and packaging materials merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 100 employers in Gallatin, TN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Lawson Products-Corporate	CHICAGO, IL	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	202520	PENSACOLA, FL	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	HEADQ	WINONA, MN	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MERLIN STELZER SALES CO., INC.	ST. LOUIS, MO	0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Bell & Associates Construction, LLC	BRENTWOOD	237 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Jones Plastic & Engineering d/b/a Camden Plastics	CAMDEN	237 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cupples J & J Co. Inc	JACKSON	237 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wegmann Automotive USA, Inc - TN	MURFREESBORO	237 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sumner Regional Medical Center LLC	Gallatin	1,068 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Gap Inc. - Central Omni	Gallatin	919 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Gap Inc. - Gallatin Tennessee Omni	Gallatin	757 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tennessee Fulfillment Center	Gallatin	735 FTE
NAT-TCR	AC Asheville NC	Gainesville, GA	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	South Plant - El Dorado	El Dorado, AR	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	BT Plymouth	Plymouth, MI	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Etheredge Electric Company LLC Tyler	Tyler, TX	0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Vomela Specialty Company - 845 Headquarters	St. Paul, MN	237 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Golden Gate Rehabilitation & Health Care	Staten Island, NY	237 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Gorman Bros Inc	Albany, NY	237 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Treehouse Private Brands	Hanover, PA	237 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: 2023, 2022, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.