Bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing · Pennsylvania
Hefty Business Unit - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania
Tamaqua, PA · ~326 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hefty Business Unit - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania runs at 27% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Hefty Business Unit - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania: 0.9 TCR = 27% of Bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Hefty Business Unit - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania safety composite
Hefty Business Unit - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).
71/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 0.89 per 100 workers
Safer than 87% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.54 per 100 workers
Safer than 68% 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
−0.9
2016→2024
Hefty Business Unit - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania injury rate improved
Hefty Business Unit - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania's TCR fell 0.9 from 1.5 in 2016 to 0.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 1.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=1.5 · 2017=1.9 · 2018=1.0 · 2019=0.2 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.6 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=0.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326111 · Tamaqua, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 27% of ind
- DART 0.5 DART
- RANK #2/12
- PHOTO First Quality Print …
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 28 inj
- SIZE ~326 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: First Quality Print and Packaging, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Hefty Business Unit - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Hefty Business Unit - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania
0.9 TCR
- First Quality
First Quality Print and Packaging, LLC
0.9 TCR
- International
International Paper - SpaceKraft (Voyager)
0.9 TCR
- Rochester
Rochester
0.9 TCR
- Reynolds Consu
Reynolds Consumer Products LLC.
0.9 TCR
What this shows Hefty Business Unit - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania averages 0.9 TCR (27% of the Bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Hefty Business Unit - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2017=1.9 · 2018=1 · 2019=0.2 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=0.6 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=0.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Hefty Business Unit - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania falls in its industry
322 Bags, plastics film, single wa establishmentsSafer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 12 Bags, plastics film, single wa employers in Pennsylvania.
Hefty Business Unit - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania has more employees than the Bags, plastics film, single wall or mult 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 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326111 · PA · Tamaqua
322 Bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 22 employers in Tamaqua, PA · 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 | First Quality Print and Packaging, LLC | 0.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | International Paper - SpaceKraft (Voyager) | 0.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rochester | 0.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Reynolds Consumer Products LLC. | 0.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Haines & Kibblehouse, Inc. | 326 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | McConway & Torley Plant 1801 Pittsburgh, PA | 326 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NEFC_Procter&Gamble | 326 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PASCN - SCRANTON GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICES - GBS | 326 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 3634 | 288 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hometown | 278 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 3634 | 245 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Highwood USA LLC | 103 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | MJ Mechanical Services, Inc | 0.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Keytronic R&A | 0.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Heraeus Electro-Nite Co., LLC | 0.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cosgrove Construction | 0.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | IKEA #210 Schaumburg | 326 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Somerset-MA | 326 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Draeger Medical Systems, Inc. - Andover | 326 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CRM Liberty SC | 326 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.