Bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing · California
DS Smith (Rapak) - Union City, CA.
Union City, CA · ~46 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
DS Smith (Rapak) - Union City, CA. runs at 221% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
DS Smith (Rapak) - Union City, CA.: 7.3 TCR = 221% of Bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
DS Smith (Rapak) - Union City, CA. safety composite
DS Smith (Rapak) - Union City, CA. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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).
24/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.29 per 100 workers
Safer than 12% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.27 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
−1.8
2018→2019
DS Smith (Rapak) - Union City, CA. injury rate improved
DS Smith (Rapak) - Union City, CA.'s TCR fell 1.8 from 8.2 in 2018 to 6.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=8.2 · 2019=6.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326111 · Union City, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 221% of ind
- DART 4.3 DART
- RANK #14/21
- PHOTO Laddawn, Inc. Atlant…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~46 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Laddawn, Inc. Atlanta, GA (0.0 TCR gap)
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DS Smith (Rapak) - Union City, CA. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
DS Smith (Rapak) - Union City, CA.
7.3 TCR
- Laddawn, Inc.
Laddawn, Inc. Atlanta, GA
7.3 TCR
- Laddawn Dallas
Laddawn Dallas
7.3 TCR
- Film Tech LLC
Film Tech LLC
7.3 TCR
- MKE
MKE
7.2 TCR
What this shows DS Smith (Rapak) - Union City, CA. averages 7.3 TCR (221% of the Bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
DS Smith (Rapak) - Union City, CA. TCR series: 2018=8.2 · 2019=6.4 · BLS 3.3
Where DS Smith (Rapak) - Union City, CA. falls in its industry
322 Bags, plastics film, single wa establishmentsSafer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 21 Bags, plastics film, single wa employers in California.
DS Smith (Rapak) - Union City, CA. has fewer employees than the Bags, plastics film, single wall or mult median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6.4 | 4.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.2 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326111 · CA · Union City
322 Bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 142 employers in Union City, CA · 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 | Laddawn, Inc. Atlanta, GA | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Laddawn Dallas | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Film Tech LLC | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MKE | 7.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Matteoli Brothers | 46 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | IMR Farms-San Miguel | 46 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | G&G Berry Farms | 46 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pitigliano Farm Services, Inc. | 46 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Carson Consulting Corp | 953 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Zoetis LLC | 646 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4818-48180003-33321 DOWE AVE-WC | 597 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Zoetis (Formerly Abaxis) | 563 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Mona Lisa Food products/Barry Callebaut USA | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Shopko Hometown #768 (Glasgow, MT) | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Shopko Store #11 (Kingsford, MI) | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 6400-Swy 0005 2817 | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 747 - Orlando | 46 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 777 - Cypress | 46 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | JCFS-APG | 46 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | DT, Service Center, TX | 46 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.