Sanitary food containers (e.g., disposable plastics, paper, paperboard) merchant wholesalers · Maryland

Forman, Inc.

Laurel, MD · ~49 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Forman, Inc. runs at 120% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Sanitary food containers (e.g., disposable plastics, paper, paperboard) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Forman, Inc.: 2.6 TCR = 120% of Sanitary food containers (e.g., disposable plastics, paper, paperboard) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Forman, Inc. safety composite

Forman, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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).

D

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Forman, Inc.: 2.0 → 3.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.22× in 2024

Forman, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.2 from 2.0 in 2023 to 3.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424130 · Laurel, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.6 · 120% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #2/8
  • PHOTO Ernest Packaging Sol…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ernest Packaging Solutions Arizona (0.0 TCR gap)

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Forman, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Forman, Inc. averages 2.6 TCR (120% of the Sanitary food containers (e.g., disposable plastics, paper, paperboard) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Forman, Inc. TCR series: 2023=2 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Forman, Inc. falls in its industry

290 Sanitary food containers (e.g. establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 8 Sanitary food containers (e.g. employers in Maryland.

Forman, Inc. (49 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 Forman, Inc.
Forman, Inc. (49 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Forman, Inc. has more employees than the Sanitary food containers (e.g., disposab median and a lower 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
2024 3.2 3.2 2 0 0
2023 2.0 2.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424130 · MD · Laurel

290 Sanitary food containers (e.g., disposable plastics, paper, paperboard) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 125 employers in Laurel, MD · 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 Ernest Packaging Solutions Arizona 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Container Company 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR RJ Schinner Branch 8 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bunzl Distribution Midatlantic, LLC (DBA Bunzl Richmond) 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Callas Contractors, LLC 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE CSI DC 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Livingston Fire Protection 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE W.G./Welch Mechanical Contractors LLC 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR BURTONSVILLE (MDBUR) 2,341 FTE
CITY-NEAR MDBUR - BURTONSVILLE 2,339 FTE
CITY-NEAR WSSC Water 1,668 FTE
CITY-NEAR Beltsville (Laurel) 1,661 FTE
NAT-TCR Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC - 021 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Tailor Welded Blanks Wegman 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ralph Lauren Corporation - Beechwood Distribution Center 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Apollo Chemical 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE BBN Label and screen 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE James R. Fincher Timber Co. 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Avalon Landscapes 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spencer Manufacturing, Inc. 49 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.