Paper and Paperboard · Michigan

Kalamazoo MI Carton

Kalamazoo, MI · ~304 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kalamazoo MI Carton runs at 40% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Paper and Paperboard workplace, earning a grade A.

Kalamazoo MI Carton: 1.3 TCR = 40% of Paper and Paperboard BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kalamazoo MI Carton safety composite

Kalamazoo MI Carton scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

−0.5

2022→2024

Kalamazoo MI Carton injury rate improved

Kalamazoo MI Carton's TCR fell 0.5 from 1.6 in 2022 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=1.6 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322212 · Kalamazoo, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 40% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #2/7
  • PHOTO Pittston PA
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~304 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pittston PA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kalamazoo MI Carton in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kalamazoo MI Carton averages 1.3 TCR (40% of the Paper and Paperboard BLS benchmark).

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

Kalamazoo MI Carton TCR series: 2022=1.6 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Kalamazoo MI Carton falls in its industry

205 Paper and Paperboard establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 7 Paper and Paperboard employers in Michigan.

Kalamazoo MI Carton (304 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Kalamazoo MI Carton
Kalamazoo MI Carton (304 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Kalamazoo MI Carton has more employees than the Paper and Paperboard median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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
2024 1.1 0.8 4 0 0
2023 1.3 0.9 4 0 0
2022 1.6 1.0 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322212 · MI · Kalamazoo

205 Paper and Paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 353 employers in Kalamazoo, 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 Pittston PA 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clinton Folding 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR St Paul MN 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR PaperWorks Hastings 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cayman Chemical Inc 304 FTE
STATE-SIZE Motion Systems : Richland 304 FTE
STATE-SIZE EMP 304 FTE
STATE-SIZE Scio Township Meijer 173 304 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bronson Methodist Hospital 4,909 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pfizer Kalamazoo - Portage Road 3,201 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker Instruments 2,240 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-MIKAL1 2,103 FTE
NAT-TCR CIMAR 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 5241 Benton 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR TK Elevator Nashville 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR MRC- Mirador 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Boca Raton Plant 304 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mulcahy Nickolaus 304 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shoprite of Rochelle Park 304 FTE
NAT-SIZE Unither Manufacturing LLC 304 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.