Paper plates made from purchased paper or paperboard · Kentucky
Deco Paper Products
Louisville, KY · ~180 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Deco Paper Products runs at 248% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Paper plates made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade F.
Deco Paper Products: 8.2 TCR = 248% of Paper plates made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Deco Paper Products safety composite
Deco Paper Products scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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).
33/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.2 per 100 workers
Safer than 9% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.09 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% 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
−2.9
2016→2023
Deco Paper Products injury rate improved
Deco Paper Products's TCR fell 2.9 from 8.5 in 2016 to 5.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 10.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=8.5 · 2017=9.2 · 2018=10.7 · 2020=7.0 · 2023=5.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322219 · Louisville, KY ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 248% of ind
- DART 2.1 DART
- RANK #5/5
- PHOTO Pacific Paper Tube, …
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 59 inj
- SIZE ~180 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Pacific Paper Tube, Inc. Las Vegas (0.0 TCR gap)
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Deco Paper Products in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Deco Paper Products
8.2 TCR
- Pacific Paper
Pacific Paper Tube, Inc. Las Vegas
8.2 TCR
- Valk Industrie
Valk Industries Inc.
8.2 TCR
- Yazoo Mills, I
Yazoo Mills, Inc. Plant 2
7.9 TCR
- Cascade Paper
Cascade Paper Converters
7.8 TCR
What this shows Deco Paper Products averages 8.2 TCR (248% of the Paper plates made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS benchmark).
Deco Paper Products TCR series: 2016=8.5 · 2017=9.2 · 2018=10.7 · 2020=7 · 2023=5.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Deco Paper Products falls in its industry
140 Paper plates made from purchas establishmentsSafer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Paper plates made from purchas employers in Kentucky.
Deco Paper Products has more 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.6 | 2.1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.0 | 4.1 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10.7 | 6.9 | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9.2 | 6.2 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8.5 | 4.3 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322219 · KY · Louisville
140 Paper plates made from purchased paper or paperboard 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 | Pacific Paper Tube, Inc. Las Vegas | 8.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Valk Industries Inc. | 8.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Yazoo Mills, Inc. Plant 2 | 7.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cascade Paper Converters | 7.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Koroseal Interior Products | 180 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Par4 Plastics, Inc. | 180 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Regal Beloit - Power Transmission Solutions | 180 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Federal Mogul Products | 180 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 | Midlands Contracting, Inc. | 8.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | City of Benton, IL | 8.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Chicago | 8.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rimnetics Inc. | 8.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | NOVA Group, Inc. | 180 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BT Miramar | 180 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Plant 47/L2 | 180 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Alameda, California (Warehouse) | 180 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.