Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard · Michigan
Packaging Specialties
Romulus, MI · ~93 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Packaging Specialties runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade C.
Packaging Specialties: 2.8 TCR = 85% of Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Packaging Specialties safety composite
Packaging Specialties scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 8%), 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).
32/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.79 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.45 per 100 workers
Safer than 8% 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
Packaging Specialties: 1.9 → 5.5 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 5.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.95× in 2021
Packaging Specialties's TCR rose 3.6 from 1.9 in 2018 to 5.5 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322211 · Romulus, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 85% of ind
- DART 5.5 DART
- RANK #24/60
- PHOTO SupplyOne Weyers Cave
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~93 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: SupplyOne Weyers Cave (0.0 TCR gap)
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Packaging Specialties in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Packaging Specialties
2.8 TCR
- SupplyOne Weye
SupplyOne Weyers Cave
2.8 TCR
- KALAMAZOO, MI
KALAMAZOO, MI HEXACOMB
2.8 TCR
- Pratt Industri
Pratt Industries, Allentown Corrugated, LLC
2.8 TCR
- Pacific Qualit
Pacific Quality Packaging Corp.
2.8 TCR
What this shows Packaging Specialties averages 2.8 TCR (85% of the Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS benchmark).
Packaging Specialties TCR series: 2018=1.9 · 2019=1 · 2021=5.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Packaging Specialties falls in its industry
1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi establishmentsSafer than 41% 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 #24 safest of 60 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi employers in Michigan.
Packaging Specialties 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322211 · MI · Romulus
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 · 199 employers in Romulus, 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 | SupplyOne Weyers Cave | 2.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | KALAMAZOO, MI HEXACOMB | 2.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pratt Industries, Allentown Corrugated, LLC | 2.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pacific Quality Packaging Corp. | 2.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Trenton Channel Power Point | 93 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Presque Isle Electric & Gas Coop | 93 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Michigan UCI | 93 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 13001 Merriman Rd., Livonia, MI 48150 | 93 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : DTW1 | 3,720 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - DTW1 | 3,502 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Romulus Powertrain | 1,336 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | General Motors Romulus | 1,037 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Mercedes Office | 2.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | John Mills Electric, Inc. | 2.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gulf Business Forms, Inc. | 2.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sterling Avenue | 2.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Complete HealthCare Resources | 93 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sutter Care at Home (247-MARIN) | 93 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | LGS Pace, LLC.-UT | 93 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AllParts Medical | 93 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.