Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubble), manufacturing · California

Kelpac Medical

San Clemente, CA · ~129 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kelpac Medical runs at 102% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubble), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Kelpac Medical: 3.4 TCR = 102% of Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubble), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kelpac Medical safety composite

Kelpac Medical scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 67% 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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

−6.0

2016→2018

Kelpac Medical injury rate improved

Kelpac Medical's TCR fell 6.0 from 6.7 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.7 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.7 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · San Clemente, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 102% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #42/117
  • PHOTO York Imperial Plastics
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~129 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: York Imperial Plastics (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kelpac Medical in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kelpac Medical averages 3.4 TCR (102% of the Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubble), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kelpac Medical TCR series: 2016=6.7 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=0.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Kelpac Medical falls in its industry

2,838 Packaging, plastics (e.g., bli establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 117 Packaging, plastics (e.g., bli employers in California.

Kelpac Medical (129 employees, TCR 3.4) 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 Kelpac Medical
Kelpac Medical (129 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Kelpac Medical has more employees than the Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubb 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
2018 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2017 2.8 0.7 4 0 0
2016 6.7 0.7 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · CA · San Clemente

2,838 Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubble), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 69 employers in San Clemente, CA · 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 York Imperial Plastics 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hopkins Manufacturing 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR BCI 1 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR MFG Construction Products 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE MIGUEL OLIVARES & SONS 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE SUPERIOR AG. 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Manco Ag Services 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE LADWP 11791 TRUESDALE 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bemus Landscape Inc. 463 FTE
CITY-NEAR Glaukos- San Clemente 314 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of San Clemente 305 FTE
CITY-NEAR Millennium Reinforcing 238 FTE
NAT-TCR ORLD 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR McKinley Avenue 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 3d Plastics 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Red Rock Correctional Center 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mi Metals, Inc. (Millersburg) 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corrugated Supplies Company, LLC. 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Safeway Packaging 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Huron County Road Commission 129 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.