Film, plastics, packaging, manufacturing · Michigan

Loose Plastics Inc.

Gladwin, MI · ~109 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Loose Plastics Inc. runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Film, plastics, packaging, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Loose Plastics Inc.: 5.4 TCR = 163% of Film, plastics, packaging, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Loose Plastics Inc. safety composite

Loose Plastics Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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

−1.4

2016→2024

Loose Plastics Inc. injury rate improved

Loose Plastics Inc.'s TCR fell 1.4 from 4.3 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.3 · 2017=4.4 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=6.5 · 2020=9.0 · 2021=5.6 · 2022=3.5 · 2023=7.2 · 2024=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326112 · Gladwin, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 163% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #6/8
  • PHOTO Statesville, NC
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 51 inj
  • SIZE ~109 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Statesville, NC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Loose Plastics Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Loose Plastics Inc. averages 5.4 TCR (163% of the Film, plastics, packaging, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Loose Plastics Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2017=4.4 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=6.5 · 2020=9 · 2021=5.6 · 2022=3.5 · 2023=7.2 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Loose Plastics Inc. falls in its industry

396 Film, plastics, packaging, man establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 8 Film, plastics, packaging, man employers in Michigan.

Loose Plastics Inc. (109 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 90 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Loose Plastics Inc.
Loose Plastics Inc. (109 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 90 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Loose Plastics Inc. has more employees than the Film, plastics, packaging, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 2.9 0.9 3 0 0
2023 7.2 1.8 8 0 0
2022 3.5 1.7 4 0 0
2021 5.6 0.9 6 0 0
2020 9.0 6.4 7 0 0
2019 6.5 1.6 8 0 0
2018 5.1 1.7 6 0 0
2017 4.4 1.8 4 1 0
2016 4.3 2.6 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326112 · MI · Gladwin

396 Film, plastics, packaging, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 23 employers in Gladwin, 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 Statesville, NC 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR D&W Fine Pack 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Phoenix Converting 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alliance Films 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Van Dyk Farms 109 FTE
STATE-SIZE Martin 109 FTE
STATE-SIZE Multi Drywall & Partition, LLC 109 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sensient Flavors, LLC 109 FTE
CITY-NEAR MidMichigan Medical Center-Gladwin 147 FTE
CITY-NEAR Master Electric Inc. 135 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gladwin Pines Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 122 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gladwin Pines Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 110 FTE
NAT-TCR MBL USA Corporation 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 136 Island Park 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Mersen USA SPM Corp 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Lawson Family Plumbing, Inc 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE San Antonio Airport 109 FTE
NAT-SIZE E.E. Reed Construction LP - Houston 109 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dixon Direct 109 FTE
NAT-SIZE Apex Paper Box Co.- Walworth 109 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.