Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers · Wisconsin

GAR Plastics, Inc.

Name: GAR Plastics, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
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Columbus, WI · ~66 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 10.2
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

GAR Plastics, Inc. runs at 464% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

GAR Plastics, Inc.: 10.2 TCR = 464% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GAR Plastics, Inc. safety composite

GAR Plastics, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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).

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 10.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

GAR Plastics, Inc.: 4.8 → 15.6 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 15.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.44× in 2020

GAR Plastics, Inc.'s TCR rose 10.8 from 4.8 in 2019 to 15.6 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Columbus, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.2 · 464% of ind

DART 4.5 DART
RANK #24/25
PHOTO Rohn Industries
BOOK 2y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rohn Industries (0.0 TCR gap)

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10.3
This site

10.2
Rohn Industrie

10.2
INNOVATIVE REC

10.2
AMG Resources

10.1

What this shows GAR Plastics, Inc. averages 10.2 TCR (464% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

GAR Plastics, Inc. TCR series: 2019=4.8 · 2020=15.6 · BLS 2.2

Where GAR Plastics, Inc. falls in its industry

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 25 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Wisconsin.

GAR Plastics, Inc. (66 employees, TCR 10.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

GAR Plastics, Inc. has more employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2020	15.6	4.5	7	0	0
2019	4.8	1.2	3	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · WI · Columbus

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 29 employers in Columbus, WI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Rohn Industries	SAINT PAUL, MN	10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	INNOVATIVE RECOVERY PRODUCTS LLC	CAMDEN, NJ	10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	AMG Resources - Benwood, WV	BENWOOD, WV	10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Staiman Recycling Corporation Williamsport	WILLIAMSPORT, PA	10.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Okray Family Farms, Inc	PLOVER	66 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Tidy View Dairy, LLC	KAUKAUNA	66 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wysocki Produce Farm - Paramount Ag	BANCROFT	66 FTE
STATE-SIZE	3757_10365	OSHKOSH	66 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Prairie Ridge Health - Columbus	Columbus	390 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Prairie Ridge Health, Inc.	Columbus	321 FTE
CITY-NEAR	American Packaging Corporation - RP&L Columbus	Columbus	315 FTE
CITY-NEAR	American Packaging Corporation - Columbus	Columbus	306 FTE
NAT-TCR	Fre 40	Frederick, MD	10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	REN037 Frederick	Frederick, MD	10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Houston Distribution Center - ABARTA Coca-Cola Beverages	Houston, PA	10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Barton Supply	Aurora, CO	10.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Lihue Station	Lihue, HI	66 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Division Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing	Raleigh, NC	66 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Quasar Energy Group LLC	Independence, OH	66 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Landing of Poughkeepsie	Poughkeepsie, NY	66 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: 2020, 2019. 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.