Bubble packaging materials, plastics, manufacturing · Indiana

MSI Express - Carlson

Portage, IN · ~305 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

MSI Express - Carlson runs at 37% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Bubble packaging materials, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

MSI Express - Carlson: 1.2 TCR = 37% of Bubble packaging materials, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

MSI Express - Carlson safety composite

MSI Express - Carlson scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.3 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%).

Rising injury rate

MSI Express - Carlson: 1.0 → 2.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.07× in 2024

MSI Express - Carlson's TCR rose 1.2 from 1.0 in 2021 to 2.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Portage, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 37% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #19/143
  • PHOTO Berry Brookville
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~305 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Berry Brookville (0.0 TCR gap)

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MSI Express - Carlson in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows MSI Express - Carlson averages 1.2 TCR (37% of the Bubble packaging materials, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

MSI Express - Carlson TCR series: 2021=1 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 3.3

Where MSI Express - Carlson falls in its industry

2,838 Bubble packaging materials, pl establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 143 Bubble packaging materials, pl employers in Indiana.

MSI Express - Carlson (305 employees, TCR 1.2) 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 MSI Express - Carlson
MSI Express - Carlson (305 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

MSI Express - Carlson has more employees than the Bubble packaging materials, plastics, ma 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
2024 2.2 1.3 5 0 0
2023 0.3 0.3 1 0 0
2022 1.3 0.0 4 0 0
2021 1.0 1.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · IN · Portage

2,838 Bubble packaging materials, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 87 employers in Portage, IN · 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 Berry Brookville 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Berry Global - Madisonville KY 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rehrig Pacific Company 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alside Window Company - Southwest 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Welch Packaging, LLC 305 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cardinal IG - Fremont IG 305 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1570 305 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 2787 305 FTE
CITY-NEAR Midwest Plant 889 FTE
CITY-NEAR Solid Platforms, Inc. 746 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2544 410 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2544 404 FTE
NAT-TCR Enflite, LLC 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 30654 Capstone - Dollar General Bethel Pa 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR The Woman's Hospital of Texas - EVS 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Zero Mountain Logistics 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE PAM Rehab of Tulsa 305 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lone Star Bakery Inc. Plant 1 305 FTE
NAT-SIZE LeFrak Estates LP - NY 305 FTE
NAT-SIZE H.B. Frazer Company 305 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. 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.