Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing · Michigan

Creative Techniques, Inc.

Orion, MI · ~126 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Creative Techniques, Inc. runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Creative Techniques, Inc.: 4.8 TCR = 146% of Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Creative Techniques, Inc. safety composite

Creative Techniques, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

−3.2

2017→2023

Creative Techniques, Inc. injury rate improved

Creative Techniques, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.2 from 7.7 in 2017 to 4.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6896.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.93× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.7 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=6896.6 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Orion, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 146% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #141/218
  • PHOTO Engineered Plastics …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 44 inj
  • SIZE ~126 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Engineered Plastics Molding (0.0 TCR gap)

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Creative Techniques, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Creative Techniques, Inc. averages 4.8 TCR (146% of the Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Creative Techniques, Inc. TCR series: 2017=7.7 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=6896.6 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=4.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Creative Techniques, Inc. falls in its industry

2,838 Drums, plastics (i.e., contain establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #141 safest of 218 Drums, plastics (i.e., contain employers in Michigan.

Creative Techniques, Inc. (126 employees, TCR 4.8) 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 Creative Techniques, Inc.
Creative Techniques, Inc. (126 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Creative Techniques, Inc. has more employees than the Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manu median and a higher 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
2023 4.5 4.5 6 0 0
2022 7.3 4.7 11 0 0
2021 6896.6 6896.6 4 0 0
2020 0.9 0.9 1 0 0
2019 4.3 2.9 6 0 0
2018 4.2 2.8 6 0 0
2017 7.7 7.7 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · MI · Orion

2,838 Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 13 employers in Orion, MI · 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 Engineered Plastics Molding 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rugged Liner, Plant 1 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yakima - F034 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Window Mart, Inc 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Allied Power Services - DTE, Fermi Station 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE PK Contracting, LLC. Troy 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michigan 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pontiac Ceiling & Partition, LLC 126 FTE
CITY-NEAR Powers Distributing 245 FTE
CITY-NEAR Royal Roofing Company, Inc 184 FTE
CITY-NEAR 018-00649 118 FTE
CITY-NEAR BBW Express Hazel Park 85 FTE
NAT-TCR TMR Toms 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Endries International Inc 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Thorofare 097 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Birrell Bottling Company - Vernal 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4223-M3500 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oxnard Healthcare & Wellness Centre 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dept. of Corrections (2) 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE CO Schomp Subaru 126 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.