Crating goods for shipping · Minnesota

Independent Packing Services, Inc.

Crystal, MN · ~59 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
17.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Independent Packing Services, Inc. runs at 390% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Crating goods for shipping workplace, earning a grade F.

Independent Packing Services, Inc.: 17.5 TCR = 390% of Crating goods for shipping BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Independent Packing Services, Inc. safety composite

Independent Packing Services, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 17.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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

−19.2

2019→2024

Independent Packing Services, Inc. injury rate improved

Independent Packing Services, Inc.'s TCR fell 19.2 from 22.0 in 2019 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 27.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.08× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=22.0 · 2020=27.8 · 2024=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488991 · Crystal, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 17.5 · 390% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK P0
  • PHOTO USG Rainer OR
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: USG Rainer OR (2.3 TCR gap)

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Independent Packing Services, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Independent Packing Services, Inc. averages 17.5 TCR (390% of the Crating goods for shipping BLS benchmark).

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

Independent Packing Services, Inc. TCR series: 2019=22 · 2020=27.8 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Independent Packing Services, Inc. falls in its industry

91 Crating goods for shipping establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Independent Packing Services, Inc. (59 employees, TCR 17.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 Independent Packing Services, Inc.
Independent Packing Services, Inc. (59 employees, TCR 17.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Independent Packing Services, Inc. has fewer employees than the Crating goods for shipping median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 2.8 1.4 2 0 0
2020 27.8 20.4 8 7 0
2019 22.0 16.0 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488991 · MN · Crystal

91 Crating goods for shipping employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 29 employers in Crystal, MN · 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 USG Rainer OR 15.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR AVONDALE PLANT 14.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR TransPak- Rainier 14.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bentley World Packaging- 4077 N 1st 14.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE JDR Technologies, LLC 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE 7580 Commerce Lane NE, Fridley, MN 55432 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Advantage Seamless, Inc. 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sauk Rapids, MN (All State) 59 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0003 - Crystal 231 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1601 CUB FOODS-CRYSTAL (SV 030124) 172 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Crystal 136 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3-Neill Elementary 112 FTE
NAT-TCR Shire Senior Living 17.5 TCR
NAT-TCR W Dallas-Victory 17.5 TCR
NAT-TCR D5 Champaign Yard 17.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Fairmont Century Plaza 17.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bronco Concrete Inc 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Devon's Chocolates 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Astoria 38th St 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Circle Furniture Holdings 59 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, 2020, 2019. 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.