Apparel folding and packaging services · Kentucky

Packaging Unlimited

Name: Packaging Unlimited Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Owensboro, KY · ~160 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.8
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Packaging Unlimited runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Apparel folding and packaging services workplace, earning a grade B.

Packaging Unlimited: 1.8 TCR = 71% of Apparel folding and packaging services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Packaging Unlimited safety composite

Packaging Unlimited scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 51%), 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).

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 1.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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

−1.4

2016→2017

Packaging Unlimited injury rate improved

Packaging Unlimited's TCR fell 1.4 from 2.5 in 2016 to 1.1 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.5 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.5 · 2017=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561910 · Owensboro, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 71% of ind

DART 0.6 DART
RANK #6/9
PHOTO Sixarp LLC, dba Prax…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~160 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sixarp LLC, dba Praxis Packaging Solutions, Caterpillar (0.0 TCR gap)

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Thermo Fisher

1.9
Orange PKG Bro

1.9
This site

1.8
Sixarp LLC, db

1.8
Cadeco Distrib

1.8

What this shows Packaging Unlimited averages 1.8 TCR (71% of the Apparel folding and packaging services BLS benchmark).

Packaging Unlimited TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2017=1.1 · BLS 2.6

Where Packaging Unlimited falls in its industry

228 Apparel folding and packaging establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 9 Apparel folding and packaging employers in Kentucky.

Packaging Unlimited (160 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Packaging Unlimited has more employees than the Apparel folding and packaging services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2017	1.1	0.6	2	0	0
2016	2.5	1.3	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561910 · KY · Owensboro

228 Apparel folding and packaging services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 184 employers in Owensboro, KY · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Sixarp LLC, dba Praxis Packaging Solutions, Caterpillar	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Thermo Fisher Scientific- FCS Mount Prospect, IL	MOUNT PROSPECT, IL	1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cadeco Distribution Services, LLC	DEER PARK, TX	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Orange PKG Broadway	NEWBURGH, NY	1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Warren Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation	BOWLING GREEN	160 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Louisville Site	LOUISVILLE	160 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AGC Automotive	RICHMOND	160 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AK Steel - Ashland Works	ASHLAND	160 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Owensboro Health Regional Hospital	Owensboro	2,305 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Owensboro Public Schools	Owensboro	969 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Owensboro Independent	Owensboro	903 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Swedish Match	Owensboro	816 FTE
NAT-TCR	Orangegrove Rehabilitation	Garden Grove, CA	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wholesome Melrose Bakery Inc.	Santa Fe Springs, CA	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	44974 - Carolina Service Center	Charlotte, NC	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	1210 Dry Hollow	Hood River, OR	1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Peapod S&S South Setauket, Ny	South Setauket, NY	160 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Peapod S&S Medford, Ny	Medford, NY	160 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Madison (Wimad)	Madison, WI	160 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Urbana (Ilurb)	Urbana, IL	160 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: 2017, 2016. 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.