Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard · Michigan
Opus Packaging - Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo, MI · ~70 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Opus Packaging - Kalamazoo runs at 156% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade D.
Opus Packaging - Kalamazoo: 5.2 TCR = 156% of Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Opus Packaging - Kalamazoo safety composite
Opus Packaging - Kalamazoo scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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).
47/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.15 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 83% 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
−11.4
2022→2024
Opus Packaging - Kalamazoo injury rate improved
Opus Packaging - Kalamazoo's TCR fell 11.4 from 11.4 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=11.4 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322211 · Kalamazoo, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 156% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #48/60
- PHOTO Nutmeg Container Cor…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~70 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Nutmeg Container Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)
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Opus Packaging - Kalamazoo in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Opus Packaging - Kalamazoo
5.2 TCR
- Nutmeg Contain
Nutmeg Container Corporation
5.2 TCR
- Premier Packag
Premier Packaging, LLC- Glendale Heights
5.2 TCR
- SupplyOne Okla
SupplyOne Oklahoma City, Inc. - Retail
5.2 TCR
- Michcor Contai
Michcor Container
5.1 TCR
What this shows Opus Packaging - Kalamazoo averages 5.2 TCR (156% of the Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS benchmark).
Opus Packaging - Kalamazoo TCR series: 2022=11.4 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3
Where Opus Packaging - Kalamazoo falls in its industry
1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi establishmentsSafer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 60 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi employers in Michigan.
Opus Packaging - Kalamazoo has fewer employees than the Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11.4 | 6.3 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322211 · MI · Kalamazoo
1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 353 employers in Kalamazoo, 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 | Nutmeg Container Corporation | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Premier Packaging, LLC- Glendale Heights | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SupplyOne Oklahoma City, Inc. - Retail | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Michcor Container | 5.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Trail Street | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Christman Company - West Michigan | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Retail Contractors of Puerto Rico Inc | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Earthcom, Inc. | 70 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bronson Methodist Hospital | 4,909 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pfizer Kalamazoo - Portage Road | 3,201 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Stryker Instruments | 2,240 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1855-MIKAL1 | 2,103 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Adams Outdoor Advertising | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | J Hilbert Anderson Inc | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Atlantic Builders Office | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Home Care | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | East Syracuse Elementary | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Maplecrest Nursing Home | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cascade Corporation - WRB | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Consumers Power Incorporated Philomath Office | 70 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.