Bags, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers · Ohio

Ricking Paper - Division of Joshen Paper & Packaging

Cincinnati, OH · ~37 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ricking Paper - Division of Joshen Paper & Packaging runs at 123% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bags, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Ricking Paper - Division of Joshen Paper & Packaging: 2.7 TCR = 123% of Bags, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ricking Paper - Division of Joshen Paper & Packaging safety composite

Ricking Paper - Division of Joshen Paper & Packaging scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−4.2

2017→2019

Ricking Paper - Division of Joshen Paper & Packaging injury rate improved

Ricking Paper - Division of Joshen Paper & Packaging's TCR fell 4.2 from 4.2 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.2 · 2018=4.0 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424130 · Cincinnati, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.7 · 123% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/25
  • PHOTO Bunzl Retail Service…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bunzl Retail Services, LLC (Murray) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ricking Paper - Division of Joshen Paper & Packaging in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ricking Paper - Division of Joshen Paper & Packaging averages 2.7 TCR (123% of the Bags, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Ricking Paper - Division of Joshen Paper & Packaging TCR series: 2017=4.2 · 2018=4 · 2019=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Ricking Paper - Division of Joshen Paper & Packaging falls in its industry

290 Bags, paper and disposable pla establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 25 Bags, paper and disposable pla employers in Ohio.

Ricking Paper - Division of Joshen Paper & Packaging (37 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ricking Paper - Division of Joshen Paper & Packaging
Ricking Paper - Division of Joshen Paper & Packaging (37 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Ricking Paper - Division of Joshen Paper & Packaging has fewer employees than the Bags, paper and disposable plastics, mer median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2017 4.2 4.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424130 · OH · Cincinnati

290 Bags, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,513 employers in Cincinnati, OH · 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 Bunzl Retail Services, LLC (Murray) 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Packaging 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5827 Dallas TX 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR IMDC, INC. 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Biosecurity Building 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbus SW Svc Ctr 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lead Building Company LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Unified Restoration Systems, LLC 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center 17,011 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cincinnati Operations 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain : Evendale, OH 7,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain Evendale OH 6,400 FTE
NAT-TCR M/V Independence 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Smithfield Wichita, KS 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 657 - San Antonio 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Compression Technologies and Services : SVC-New Orleans LA-USA 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Nat Sherman - Englewood, NJ 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Circle Graphics - Burbank DBA Imagic 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goodwill Industries of El Paso Inc./ N. Mesa 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maxcess Magnat-Fairview 37 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.