Bag opening, filling, and closing machines manufacturing · Connecticut

Better Packages Inc

Ansonia, CT · ~83 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Better Packages Inc runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Bag opening, filling, and closing machines manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Better Packages Inc: 2.1 TCR = 65% of Bag opening, filling, and closing machines manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Better Packages Inc safety composite

Better Packages Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Better Packages Inc held a steady TCR band

Better Packages Inc's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333993 · Ansonia, CT AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 65% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/7
  • PHOTO Texwrap Packaging Sy…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~83 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Texwrap Packaging Systems LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Better Packages Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Better Packages Inc averages 2.1 TCR (65% of the Bag opening, filling, and closing machines manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Better Packages Inc TCR series: 2016=0 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Better Packages Inc falls in its industry

269 Bag opening, filling, and clos establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 7 Bag opening, filling, and clos employers in Connecticut.

Better Packages Inc (83 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 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 0200400600800 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Better Packages Inc
Better Packages Inc (83 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Better Packages Inc has more employees than the Bag opening, filling, and closing machin 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 6.4 3.9 5 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333993 · CT · Ansonia

269 Bag opening, filling, and closing machines manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 26 employers in Ansonia, CT · 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 Texwrap Packaging Systems LLC 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hudson-Sharp 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Massman Automation Design 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR EDL Massman LLC 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Meriden 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bloomfield Office 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cenveo Worldwide Limited Stamford 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fairfield Processing Corp 83 FTE
CITY-NEAR STOP & SHOP 100635 197 FTE
CITY-NEAR 100635 166 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2249 - Ansonia 154 FTE
CITY-NEAR Naugatuck 139 FTE
NAT-TCR Oracle Hillsboro 3380 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Webcor Builders 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR H&M Constructors Industrial 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Middlebury Center, PA 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Raley's 315-Fremont 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sendik's Food Market The Corners 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Office 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE D.D.S. Mechanical Plumbing & Heating Corp. 83 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: 2020, 2019, 2016. 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.