Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubble), manufacturing · Ohio

First Choice Packaging

Fremont, OH · ~126 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

First Choice Packaging runs at 150% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubble), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

First Choice Packaging: 5.0 TCR = 150% of Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubble), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Choice Packaging safety composite

First Choice Packaging scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

−3.3

2016→2024

First Choice Packaging injury rate improved

First Choice Packaging's TCR fell 3.3 from 7.9 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.9 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=3.8 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Fremont, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 150% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #201/270
  • PHOTO Mathews Brothers Her…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~126 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mathews Brothers Hermon (0.0 TCR gap)

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First Choice Packaging in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows First Choice Packaging averages 5.0 TCR (150% of the Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubble), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

First Choice Packaging TCR series: 2016=7.9 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=3.8 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=4.6 · BLS 3.3

Where First Choice Packaging falls in its industry

2,838 Packaging, plastics (e.g., bli establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #201 safest of 270 Packaging, plastics (e.g., bli employers in Ohio.

First Choice Packaging (126 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate First Choice Packaging
First Choice Packaging (126 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

First Choice Packaging has more employees than the Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubb median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 4.6 3.7 5 0 0
2023 4.4 3.5 5 0 0
2021 3.8 3.1 5 0 0
2020 4.1 3.3 4 1 0
2016 7.9 7.0 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · OH · Fremont

2,838 Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubble), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 90 employers in Fremont, OH · 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 Mathews Brothers Hermon 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fiber-Tech Incorporated 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sii - Lincoln; Plant 2 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kumi Manufacturing Alabama LLC 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Weaver Bros. Inc. Main Plant 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hatchery 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brecon Service Center 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marker, Inc. 126 FTE
CITY-NEAR Crown Battery Manufacturing Company - Fremont Manufacturing Location 505 FTE
CITY-NEAR ABC INOAC Exterior Systems, LLC. Fremont 444 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kraft Heinz 374 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memorial Hospital 363 FTE
NAT-TCR Store 0732 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0889 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Tosca - Riverside 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Premier Precision Machining, LLC 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Colonial Oaks Health & Rehab 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sumter Senior Living 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 0021 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 0042 126 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, 2021, 2020, 2016. 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.