Bottling machinery (e.g., capping, filling, labeling, sterilizing, washing) manufacturing · Indiana
E-Pak Machinery Inc.
Laporte, IN · ~57 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
E-Pak Machinery Inc. runs at 86% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bottling machinery (e.g., capping, filling, labeling, sterilizing, washing) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
E-Pak Machinery Inc.: 2.9 TCR = 86% of Bottling machinery (e.g., capping, filling, labeling, sterilizing, washing) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
E-Pak Machinery Inc. safety composite
E-Pak Machinery Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 39%), 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).
55/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.85 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 77% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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
2017→2019
E-Pak Machinery Inc. injury rate improved
E-Pak Machinery Inc.'s TCR fell 2.9 from 4.3 in 2017 to 1.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=4.3 · 2019=1.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333993 · Laporte, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 86% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #3/6
- PHOTO US Bottlers Machiner…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 2 inj
- SIZE ~57 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: US Bottlers Machinery CO (0.0 TCR gap)
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E-Pak Machinery Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
E-Pak Machinery Inc.
2.9 TCR
- US Bottlers Ma
US Bottlers Machinery CO
2.9 TCR
- Mason office
Mason office
2.9 TCR
- Atlantic Natur
Atlantic Natural Foods
2.9 TCR
- Gehl Foods, LL
Gehl Foods, LLC. - Freistadt
2.8 TCR
What this shows E-Pak Machinery Inc. averages 2.9 TCR (86% of the Bottling machinery (e.g., capping, filling, labeling, sterilizing, washing) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
E-Pak Machinery Inc. TCR series: 2017=4.3 · 2019=1.4 · BLS 3.3
Where E-Pak Machinery Inc. falls in its industry
269 Bottling machinery (e.g., capp establishmentsSafer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 6 Bottling machinery (e.g., capp employers in Indiana.
E-Pak Machinery Inc. has fewer employees than the Bottling machinery (e.g., capping, filli median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333993 · IN · Laporte
269 Bottling machinery (e.g., capping, filling, labeling, sterilizing, washing) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 49 employers in Laporte, IN · 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 | US Bottlers Machinery CO | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gehl Foods, LLC. - Freistadt | 2.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mason office | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Atlantic Natural Foods | 2.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Remington Corp | 57 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AAA Main Office | 57 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gatlin Plumbing & Heating, Inc. | 57 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sullivan & Poore, Inc. | 57 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LaPorte Hospital | 927 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | American Licorice Company - La Porte, IN | 380 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LaPorte | 327 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LaPorte Physician Network | 280 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Secure Roofing & Solar Inc. | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Essex Nursing & Rehab | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hyundai Polytech America | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Shopko Store #59 (Fairmont, MN) | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Creative Extruded Products, LLC - Webster | 57 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Winoa USA Inc. | 57 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | FC-Plainfield | 57 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bellevue | 57 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.