Paper dishes (e.g., cups, plates) made from molded pulp · Indiana

Huhtamaki, Inc.

Hammond, IN · ~129 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Huhtamaki, Inc. runs at 42% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Paper dishes (e.g., cups, plates) made from molded pulp workplace, earning a grade A.

Huhtamaki, Inc.: 1.4 TCR = 42% of Paper dishes (e.g., cups, plates) made from molded pulp BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Huhtamaki, Inc. safety composite

Huhtamaki, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−2.9

2016→2021

Huhtamaki, Inc. injury rate improved

Huhtamaki, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.9 from 2.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.9 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322299 · Hammond, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 42% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/7
  • PHOTO Huhtamaki - Hammond
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~129 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Huhtamaki - Hammond (0.0 TCR gap)

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Huhtamaki, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Huhtamaki, Inc. averages 1.4 TCR (42% of the Paper dishes (e.g., cups, plates) made from molded pulp BLS benchmark).

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

Huhtamaki, Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=0 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Huhtamaki, Inc. falls in its industry

236 Paper dishes (e.g., cups, plat establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 7 Paper dishes (e.g., cups, plat employers in Indiana.

Huhtamaki, Inc. (129 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Huhtamaki, Inc.
Huhtamaki, Inc. (129 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Huhtamaki, Inc. has more employees than the Paper dishes (e.g., cups, plates) made f median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.3 1.6 3 0 0
2019 1.7 0.8 1 1 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 1.5 0.7 1 1 0
2016 2.9 2.2 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322299 · IN · Hammond

236 Paper dishes (e.g., cups, plates) made from molded pulp employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 136 employers in Hammond, IN · 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 Huhtamaki - Hammond 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Morcon Tissue 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Specialized Paper Converting 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dallas - Tubes & Cores - C317 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Harmon Steel Inc. 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Superior Forest Products LLC 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Montpelier MFG (EF, AUTO) 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cerro Wire - Crothersville 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR HORSESHOE HAMMOND 1,312 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lear Corporation - Hammond 920 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franciscan Health Hammond 535 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2818 419 FTE
NAT-TCR Tate & Lyle - Duluth, MN 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR K252-M001 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Consultant Engineering, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Rose Novi 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Largo Medical Center GME 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northeast Services 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Deseret Farms of California 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Simmons Fredericksburg 129 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.