Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing · Michigan

Jer-den Plastics, Inc.

Saint Louis, MI · ~59 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Jer-den Plastics, Inc. runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Jer-den Plastics, Inc.: 3.5 TCR = 105% of Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Jer-den Plastics, Inc. safety composite

Jer-den Plastics, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−6.9

2019→2021

Jer-den Plastics, Inc. injury rate improved

Jer-den Plastics, Inc.'s TCR fell 6.9 from 6.9 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=6.9 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Saint Louis, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 105% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #97/218
  • PHOTO ITW Thermal & Fluid …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ITW Thermal & Fluid Management (0.0 TCR gap)

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Jer-den Plastics, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Jer-den Plastics, Inc. averages 3.5 TCR (105% of the Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Jer-den Plastics, Inc. TCR series: 2019=6.9 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Jer-den Plastics, Inc. falls in its industry

2,838 Drums, plastics (i.e., contain establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #97 safest of 218 Drums, plastics (i.e., contain employers in Michigan.

Jer-den Plastics, Inc. (59 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 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 Jer-den Plastics, Inc.
Jer-den Plastics, Inc. (59 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Jer-den Plastics, Inc. has fewer employees than the Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manu median and a lower 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 6.9 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · MI · Saint Louis

2,838 Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 5 employers in Saint Louis, MI · 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 ITW Thermal & Fluid Management 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sinclair and Rush Arnold North 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Flambeau Baraboo Injection Molding 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carfair Composites 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Smart Vision Lights 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4066_7855 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand Traverse County Road Commission 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Metropolitan Concrete Corp. 59 FTE
CITY-NEAR Apex Marine, Inc. 139 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of St. Louis 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tandem Specialized Inc 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mid Michigan Community Fire Board 23 FTE
NAT-TCR Business Aviation : Springfield (SPI) 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Courtyard Beavercreek 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Grandin Office/Receiving/North 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Drylock Technologies 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Southwood 8849 E Lincoln Facility 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Berkots Office/Warehouse 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ira Higdon Grocery Company Cairo 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pro Structural Inc 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: 2021, 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.