Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubble), manufacturing · Kentucky

Berry Global

Bowling Green, KY · ~162 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Berry Global runs at 27% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubble), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Berry Global: 0.9 TCR = 27% of Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubble), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Berry Global safety composite

Berry Global scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% 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).

B

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−0.6

2017→2018

Berry Global injury rate improved

Berry Global's TCR fell 0.6 from 1.2 in 2017 to 0.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 1.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.2 · 2018=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Bowling Green, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 27% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/59
  • PHOTO WoodstockPlastics Co…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~162 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WoodstockPlastics Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Berry Global in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Berry Global averages 0.9 TCR (27% of the Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubble), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Berry Global TCR series: 2017=1.2 · 2018=0.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Berry Global falls in its industry

2,838 Packaging, plastics (e.g., bli establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 59 Packaging, plastics (e.g., bli employers in Kentucky.

Berry Global (162 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Berry Global
Berry Global (162 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Berry Global has more employees than the Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubb median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 Fatalities
2018 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2017 1.2 0.0 0 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · KY · Bowling Green

2,838 Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubble), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 331 employers in Bowling Green, KY · 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 WoodstockPlastics Co., Inc. 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nypro Healthcare Chicago 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR DALB, Inc 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Saint-Gobain Hycomp LLC 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE MPS of KY, LLC dba Westrock 162 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2581 LOWE S OF NICHOLASVILLE KY 162 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2807-0492 162 FTE
STATE-SIZE FLORENCE KY - 3359 162 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green 2,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Medical Center at Bowling Green 1,872 FTE
CITY-NEAR Magna Bowling Green Metalforming 1,441 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bowling Green Metalforming 1,344 FTE
NAT-TCR Outlet 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Juno Manufacturing - DP 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR MaineGeneral - Hathaway Creative Center 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Northern California - 602 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE BioScrip Infusion Services - Morris Plains - 2300 162 FTE
NAT-SIZE Manor Care Health Services - Lancaster 162 FTE
NAT-SIZE Drake-Williams Steel 162 FTE
NAT-SIZE JFSNA at ExxonMobil Complex Baton Rouge 162 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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