Bags, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers · Ohio

HQ

Warren, OH · ~79 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HQ runs at 114% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bags, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

HQ: 2.5 TCR = 114% of Bags, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HQ safety composite

HQ scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.8

2016→2019

HQ injury rate improved

HQ's TCR fell 2.8 from 6.4 in 2016 to 3.6 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.4 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424130 · Warren, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.5 · 114% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/25
  • PHOTO Dallas, TX
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~79 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dallas, TX (0.0 TCR gap)

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HQ in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HQ averages 2.5 TCR (114% of the Bags, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

HQ TCR series: 2016=6.4 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.6 · BLS 2.2

Where HQ falls in its industry

290 Bags, paper and disposable pla establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 25 Bags, paper and disposable pla employers in Ohio.

HQ (79 employees, TCR 2.5) 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 HQ
HQ (79 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.9

HQ has more employees than the Bags, paper and disposable plastics, mer 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
2019 3.6 0.0 3 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 6.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424130 · OH · Warren

290 Bags, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 142 employers in Warren, 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 Dallas, TX 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Veritiv Operating Company - CA354 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Veritiv Operating Company - MI019 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR General Paper Goods Co., Inc. 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Canton South Service Center 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE RedBuilt Ohio 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kokosing, Inc. 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hi-Way Paving, Inc. 79 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lordstown Complex 2,768 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ultium Cells, Lordstown 2,000 FTE
CITY-NEAR Homegoods Ohio Merchants LLC 1,282 FTE
CITY-NEAR Warren Hospital 953 FTE
NAT-TCR Roberts Hawaii School Bus, Hilo/Kona 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Fortune Plastics - Lebanon 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Independence Light & Power, Telecommunications 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Cadillac Presentation Solutions 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 3030 Keystone Automotive 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Paw Paw Wine Distributors Co. 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Construction 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Evonik Osceola Facility 79 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.