Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · Kentucky

Deco Paper - Lousiville, Ky

Louisville, KY · ~200 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Deco Paper - Lousiville, Ky runs at 253% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Deco Paper - Lousiville, Ky: 8.4 TCR = 253% of Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Deco Paper - Lousiville, Ky safety composite

Deco Paper - Lousiville, Ky scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

−4.5

2021→2022

Deco Paper - Lousiville, Ky injury rate improved

Deco Paper - Lousiville, Ky's TCR fell 4.5 from 10.6 in 2021 to 6.1 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.6 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=10.6 · 2022=6.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322220 · Louisville, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.4 · 253% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #8/8
  • PHOTO Techflex Packaging
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~200 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Techflex Packaging (0.1 TCR gap)

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Deco Paper - Lousiville, Ky in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Deco Paper - Lousiville, Ky averages 8.4 TCR (253% of the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Deco Paper - Lousiville, Ky TCR series: 2021=10.6 · 2022=6.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Deco Paper - Lousiville, Ky falls in its industry

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 8 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat employers in Kentucky.

Deco Paper - Lousiville, Ky (200 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Deco Paper - Lousiville, Ky
Deco Paper - Lousiville, Ky (200 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Deco Paper - Lousiville, Ky has more employees than the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper M median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2022 6.1 3.3 9 4 0
2021 10.6 4.8 20 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322220 · KY · Louisville

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 1,638 employers in Louisville, 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 Techflex Packaging 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ENDPAK PACKAGING INC 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR CSI Group, LLC 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Langston Bag of Peoria 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mastronardi Richmond LLC 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allmond Avenue Distribution Center 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wabash Cadiz 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gates Corporation 200 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jefferson County Public Schools 18,524 FTE
CITY-NEAR KYGRA - WORLDPORT 11,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR WORLDPORT (KYGRA) 9,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR KTKY TRUCK 8,757 FTE
NAT-TCR Venetian KCB LLC 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Accurate Metal Fabricating 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 104/ABQ 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Li 605 Cafe 8.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE ZF-Rogersville 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE Scott Memorial Health 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE Killark Electric 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vertellus - Indianapolis 200 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: 2022, 2021. 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.