Paper plates made from purchased paper or paperboard · Michigan

Dart Container Fiber

Mason, MI · ~23 workers · 4 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

Dart Container Fiber runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Paper plates made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade D.

Dart Container Fiber: 4.8 TCR = 146% of Paper plates made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dart Container Fiber safety composite

Dart Container Fiber scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−12.3

2021→2024

Dart Container Fiber injury rate improved

Dart Container Fiber's TCR fell 12.3 from 12.3 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 12.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=12.3 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=7.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322219 · Mason, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 146% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/7
  • PHOTO Caraustar Buffalo
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Caraustar Buffalo (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dart Container Fiber in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dart Container Fiber averages 4.8 TCR (146% of the Paper plates made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS benchmark).

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

Dart Container Fiber TCR series: 2021=12.3 · 2022=0 · 2023=7 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Dart Container Fiber falls in its industry

140 Paper plates made from purchas establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Paper plates made from purchas employers in Michigan.

Dart Container Fiber (23 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Dart Container Fiber
Dart Container Fiber (23 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Dart Container Fiber has fewer employees than the Paper plates made from purchased paper o median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 7.0 3.5 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 12.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322219 · MI · Mason

140 Paper plates made from purchased paper or paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 35 employers in Mason, 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 Caraustar Buffalo 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR TUBE-TAINER 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Caraustar Tacoma PAB Plant 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aspen Products - East (VA) 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Black Gold Farms - MIS 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Casey Woodwyk, Inc. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE John Schuring, Jr. Company 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Atwood Timber and Lumber 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ingham County 1,451 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dart Container Corporate Offices 1,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gestamp Mason 525 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dart Container Engineering 411 FTE
NAT-TCR Pan Pacific Products 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Rowell's Services 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Holiday Inn Express & Suites 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Albany Health and Rehabilitation 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Point Four, Inc 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Moorman Kizer & Reitzel Inc 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Montgomery Farms Builders 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Blueline Construction 23 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. 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.