Bottles, plastics, manufacturing · Washington

Richards Packaging, Inc.

Name: Richards Packaging, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Tacoma, WA · ~30 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Richards Packaging, Inc. runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bottles, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Richards Packaging, Inc.: 2.9 TCR = 87% of Bottles, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Richards Packaging, Inc. safety composite

Richards Packaging, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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).

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−4.5

2019→2021

Richards Packaging, Inc. injury rate improved

Richards Packaging, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.5 from 4.5 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.5 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326160 · Tacoma, WA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 87% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #8/9
PHOTO Alpla Caribe
BOOK 3y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Alpla Caribe (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.8
Amcor Des Moin

2.8

What this shows Richards Packaging, Inc. averages 2.9 TCR (87% of the Bottles, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Richards Packaging, Inc. TCR series: 2019=4.5 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Richards Packaging, Inc. falls in its industry

411 Bottles, plastics, manufacturi establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 9 Bottles, plastics, manufacturi employers in Washington.

Richards Packaging, Inc. (30 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Richards Packaging, Inc. has fewer employees than the Bottles, plastics, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	4.1	4.1	1
2019	4.5	4.5	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326160 · WA · Tacoma

411 Bottles, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 445 employers in Tacoma, WA · 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	Alpla Caribe	GUAYAMA, PR	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Foxx Life Sciences	LONDONDERRY, NH	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Western Container Corporation - Fife	FIFE, WA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Amcor Des Moines	DES MOINES, IA	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	El Rancho Bella Vista LLC	OUTLOOK	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Liberty Foods, LLC	WAPATO	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	NOURSE FARMS, INC. - WA	PASCO	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dixieland Cherries LLC	EAST WENATCHEE	30 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tacoma General Hospital (Companied 10 & 20)	Tacoma	3,718 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City of Tacoma	Tacoma	3,689 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tacoma General Hospital	Tacoma	3,247 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2643-46080001-460801	Tacoma	3,061 FTE
NAT-TCR	Silver Rail Construction	New York, NY	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Three C Briggs	Columbus, OH	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Walton Manor	Walton Hills, OH	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Alta Industrial Equipment Company Itasca	Itasca, IL	2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	El Paso CSC and El Paso Hospitals	El Paso, TX	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mercy Home Care	Sioux City, IA	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hyatt Centric South Beach Miami	Miami, FL	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Brookdale Lenoir Assisted Living	Lenoir, NC	30 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.