Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard · Iowa

Paper Systems

Des Moines, IA · ~35 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Paper Systems runs at 123% 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.

Paper Systems: 4.1 TCR = 123% of Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Paper Systems safety composite

Paper Systems scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

−2.5

2023→2024

Paper Systems injury rate improved

Paper Systems's TCR fell 2.5 from 5.3 in 2023 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=5.3 · 2024=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322211 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 123% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #14/15
  • PHOTO Fontana Distribution
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fontana Distribution (0.0 TCR gap)

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Paper Systems in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Paper Systems averages 4.1 TCR (123% of the Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS benchmark).

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

Paper Systems TCR series: 2023=5.3 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Paper Systems falls in its industry

1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 15 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi employers in Iowa.

Paper Systems (35 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0100200300 0123456 Average employees Total Case Rate Paper Systems
Paper Systems (35 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Paper Systems 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 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2023 5.3 2.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322211 · IA · Des Moines

1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 525 employers in Des Moines, IA · 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 Fontana Distribution 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SALISBURY, NC 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR BCII 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4586 Tulare Food Service Packaging 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE IA17-SEL-OSCEOLA HATCHERY' 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience - Algona Research - ALG2 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE JFSNA at ADM Cedar Rapids 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE On Track Construction, LLC 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Center 6,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines 4,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR MercyOne Des Moines 3,547 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Moines Methodist Hospital 3,495 FTE
NAT-TCR Norcross Supply Co. 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Blue Springs Service Center 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Barnesville 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Mipor - Port Huron 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE International Pipe & Supply, LLC 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jerrys Do It Best Hardward Edina - 5212 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chimney Rock Winery 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE EZ Air Park 35 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. 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.