Corrugated paper made from purchased paper or paperboard · Wisconsin

Independence East

Oak Creek, WI · ~56 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Independence East runs at 297% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Corrugated paper made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade F.

Independence East: 9.8 TCR = 297% of Corrugated paper made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Independence East safety composite

Independence East scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).

F

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

−10.4

2022→2024

Independence East injury rate improved

Independence East's TCR fell 10.4 from 16.9 in 2022 to 6.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 16.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=16.9 · 2023=6.1 · 2024=6.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322211 · Oak Creek, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.8 · 297% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK #53/53
  • PHOTO Bradford Company Bri…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bradford Company Brighton (0.1 TCR gap)

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Independence East in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Independence East averages 9.8 TCR (297% of the Corrugated paper made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS benchmark).

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

Independence East TCR series: 2022=16.9 · 2023=6.1 · 2024=6.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Independence East falls in its industry

1,338 Corrugated paper made from pur establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #53 safest of 53 Corrugated paper made from pur employers in Wisconsin.

Independence East (56 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Independence East
Independence East (56 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Independence East has fewer employees than the Corrugated paper made from purchased pap median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 6.4 4.8 4 0 0
2023 6.1 6.1 3 0 0
2022 16.9 11.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322211 · WI · Oak Creek

1,338 Corrugated paper made from purchased paper or paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 134 employers in Oak Creek, WI · 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 Bradford Company Brighton 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Louisville Manufacturing 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR PHOENIX, AZ 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR LANDISVILLE 10.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pinnacle Dairy LLC 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pulliam 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Friendship Office 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bachmann Construction Co, Inc 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - MKE2 3,202 FTE
CITY-NEAR WIOAK - OAK CREEK 1,358 FTE
CITY-NEAR OAK CREEK (WIOAK) 1,240 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stella & Chewy's 740 FTE
NAT-TCR Ramler Trucking Inc 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Portside at Grande Dunes 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Heritage Manor Stratmore 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Edlon, Inc. 9.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE New England Yankee Construction, LLC 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Evergreen Dickinson 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE LB Plastics Inc 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE D.H.R. Construction, Inc. 56 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, 2022. 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.