Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · Iowa

Loparex, Iowa City

Iowa City, IA · ~175 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Loparex, Iowa City runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Loparex, Iowa City: 1.7 TCR = 52% of Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Loparex, Iowa City safety composite

Loparex, Iowa City scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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

−1.3

2019→2024

Loparex, Iowa City injury rate improved

Loparex, Iowa City's TCR fell 1.3 from 2.3 in 2019 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.3 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322220 · Iowa City, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 52% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO International Conver…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~175 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: International Converter - Iuka (0.0 TCR gap)

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Loparex, Iowa City in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Loparex, Iowa City averages 1.7 TCR (52% of the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Loparex, Iowa City TCR series: 2019=2.3 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Loparex, Iowa City falls in its industry

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat employers in Iowa.

Loparex, Iowa City (175 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Loparex, Iowa City
Loparex, Iowa City (175 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Loparex, Iowa City has more employees than the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper M median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 1.1 2 0 0
2019 2.3 1.8 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322220 · IA · Iowa City

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 131 employers in Iowa City, IA · 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 International Converter - Iuka 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bagcraft - Fort Madison 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR ITW Foils 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mondi 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Twin City Drive 175 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northwest Steel Erection 175 FTE
STATE-SIZE W-S Industrial Services, Inc 175 FTE
STATE-SIZE Helena Industries LLC - Des Moines 175 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1918-19187610 29,553 FTE
CITY-NEAR Iowa City North Dodge (ICND) 940 FTE
CITY-NEAR 8010516-P and G Iowa City 772 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Iowa City 721 FTE
NAT-TCR Tristar Utilities Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR VNG Newport News 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Portage County Line Road Production Facility 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Richmond, VA Office 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Daicel Safety Systems America - Arizona 175 FTE
NAT-SIZE Life care center of elyria 175 FTE
NAT-SIZE Midland Paper - Wheeling, IL 175 FTE
NAT-SIZE Knoxville TN FXFE-KNX 175 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, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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