Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing · California

Emerald Packaging

Union City, CA · ~241 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Emerald Packaging runs at 211% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Emerald Packaging: 7.0 TCR = 211% of Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Emerald Packaging safety composite

Emerald Packaging scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

−2.4

2017→2024

Emerald Packaging injury rate improved

Emerald Packaging's TCR fell 2.4 from 8.1 in 2017 to 5.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 9.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.1 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=9.0 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=8.4 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=7.0 · 2024=5.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326112 · Union City, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 211% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #13/19
  • PHOTO Plastic Recycling Te…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 124 inj
  • SIZE ~241 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Plastic Recycling Technology II, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Emerald Packaging in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Emerald Packaging averages 7.0 TCR (211% of the Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Emerald Packaging TCR series: 2017=8.1 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=9 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=8.4 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=7 · 2024=5.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Emerald Packaging falls in its industry

396 Flexible packaging, plastics f establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 19 Flexible packaging, plastics f employers in California.

Emerald Packaging (241 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 90 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 Emerald Packaging
Emerald Packaging (241 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 90 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Emerald Packaging has more employees than the Flexible packaging, plastics film, manuf 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
2024 5.7 3.5 13 0 0
2023 7.0 5.2 16 0 0
2022 5.8 2.7 13 0 0
2021 8.4 4.9 18 1 0
2020 6.7 5.3 15 0 0
2019 9.0 8.1 19 0 0
2018 5.1 4.7 14 0 0
2017 8.1 6.5 16 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326112 · CA · Union City

396 Flexible packaging, plastics film, 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 Plastic Recycling Technology II, Inc. 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 04533200-00W001 MTNA, INC.-MTNA, INC. 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Recycling 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR PRT Atlanta, Inc. 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mainas Farms LLC 241 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fowler Packing Field 241 FTE
STATE-SIZE Calpine Energy Solutions 241 FTE
STATE-SIZE OHL USA INC- CA ALL locations 241 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 Iron Horse Brewery 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR All-Color Powder Coating 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Liberty Mayaguez 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Gene'S Heartland Foods 710 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Covered Wagon Trailers 241 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hyosung USA Inc. 241 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southwire Company Starkville Plant 241 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southwire Denton 241 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.