Bags, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers · Indiana

Nichols INDY

Indianapolis, IN · ~24 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nichols INDY runs at 334% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bags, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Nichols INDY: 7.3 TCR = 334% of Bags, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nichols INDY safety composite

Nichols INDY scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).

F

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−7.5

2019→2021

Nichols INDY injury rate improved

Nichols INDY's TCR fell 7.5 from 12.8 in 2019 to 5.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 12.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=12.8 · 2020=4.0 · 2021=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424130 · Indianapolis, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 334% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK P11
  • PHOTO I Halper Paper & Sup…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: I Halper Paper & Supplies, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nichols INDY in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nichols INDY averages 7.3 TCR (334% of the Bags, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Nichols INDY TCR series: 2019=12.8 · 2020=4 · 2021=5.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Nichols INDY falls in its industry

290 Bags, paper and disposable pla establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Nichols INDY (24 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 Nichols INDY
Nichols INDY (24 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Nichols INDY has fewer employees than the Bags, paper and disposable plastics, mer median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2021 5.3 5.3 1 0 0
2020 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2019 12.8 12.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424130 · IN · Indianapolis

290 Bags, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 2,074 employers in Indianapolis, 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 I Halper Paper & Supplies, Inc. 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Victory Packaging Memphis 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR River Valley Rivercor 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Penn Jersey Paper 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Midwest Poultry Services - Corporate Office 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwest Pullet Farm / QC / Lab 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE 327-NiSource-West Terre Haute IN 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bedford Operations Center 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indiana University Health, Inc 7,874 FTE
CITY-NEAR Methodist Hospital 6,862 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eli Lilly - Lilly Corp Center 6,482 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lilly Technology Center 6,472 FTE
NAT-TCR Birmingham Budweiser 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Henry Fire Department 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Loews Hollywood Hotel 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Dunn BMD, Inc. 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE R & S Track Maintenance, INC 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE ADS Logistics Co, LLC - Arlington 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE architectural Tile and Stone 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aledo Ready Mix Plant 24 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: 2021, 2020, 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.