Bags, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers · Pennsylvania

Joshen Paper & Packaging of PA

Wheatland, PA · ~58 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Joshen Paper & Packaging of PA runs at 417% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bags, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Joshen Paper & Packaging of PA: 9.2 TCR = 417% of Bags, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Joshen Paper & Packaging of PA safety composite

Joshen Paper & Packaging of PA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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

−3.1

2017→2019

Joshen Paper & Packaging of PA injury rate improved

Joshen Paper & Packaging of PA's TCR fell 3.1 from 14.3 in 2017 to 11.2 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 14.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 1.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=14.3 · 2018=2.0 · 2019=11.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424130 · Wheatland, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.2 · 417% of ind

  • DART 11.2 DART
  • RANK #11/12
  • PHOTO Charleston, SC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Charleston, SC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Joshen Paper & Packaging of PA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Joshen Paper & Packaging of PA averages 9.2 TCR (417% 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

Joshen Paper & Packaging of PA TCR series: 2017=14.3 · 2018=2 · 2019=11.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Joshen Paper & Packaging of PA falls in its industry

290 Bags, paper and disposable pla establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 12 Bags, paper and disposable pla employers in Pennsylvania.

Joshen Paper & Packaging of PA (58 employees, TCR 9.2) 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 Joshen Paper & Packaging of PA
Joshen Paper & Packaging of PA (58 employees, TCR 9.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Joshen Paper & Packaging of PA has more employees than the Bags, paper and disposable plastics, mer median and a higher 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 11.2 11.2 5 0 0
2018 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2017 14.3 14.3 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424130 · PA · Wheatland

290 Bags, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 11 employers in Wheatland, PA · 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 Charleston, SC 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR EPC Lubbock 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bunzl Retail Services, LLC (Greenville) 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bunzl Retail Services, LLC (Bensalem) 8.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Menu Mate Mushroom Farm 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE CannTech 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE PA Location 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Moyer's Hatchery 58 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wheatland Tube 355 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zekelman Industries Wheatland Tube - Council 345 FTE
CITY-NEAR Paramount Games Inc 106 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Cap Company 95 FTE
NAT-TCR 5069 - CA Kings County Jail 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Millwork 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Knott County Health and Rehabilitation Center 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Glen Oaks Health and Rehabilitation Center 9.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE ND,MAYVILLE - Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elkins 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Miller Transfer & Rigging Co. 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - La Salle 58 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.