Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard · California
Salinas Container
Salinas, CA · ~149 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Salinas Container runs at 83% 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.
Salinas Container: 2.8 TCR = 83% of Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Salinas Container safety composite
Salinas Container scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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).
42/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.75 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.68 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% 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
−1.3
2016→2024
Salinas Container injury rate improved
Salinas Container's TCR fell 1.3 from 3.0 in 2016 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.0 · 2017=3.7 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322211 · Salinas, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 83% of ind
- DART 1.7 DART
- RANK #54/111
- PHOTO Opus Packaging - Cal…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 34 inj
- SIZE ~149 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Opus Packaging - Caledonia (Grand Rapids) (0.0 TCR gap)
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Salinas Container in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Salinas Container
2.8 TCR
- Opus Packaging
Opus Packaging - Caledonia (Grand Rapids)
2.8 TCR
- FARMVILLE, NC
FARMVILLE, NC HEXACOMB
2.8 TCR
- Pratt (Convert
Pratt (Converting Division Texas), LLC
2.8 TCR
- 4194 Yakima WA
4194 Yakima WA
2.8 TCR
What this shows Salinas Container averages 2.8 TCR (83% of the Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS benchmark).
Salinas Container TCR series: 2016=3 · 2017=3.7 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Salinas Container 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 California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #54 safest of 111 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi employers in California.
Salinas Container has more 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 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.9 | 3.7 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322211 · CA · Salinas
1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 337 employers in Salinas, CA · 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 | Opus Packaging - Caledonia (Grand Rapids) | 2.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | FARMVILLE, NC HEXACOMB | 2.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pratt (Converting Division Texas), LLC | 2.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 4194 Yakima WA | 2.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Saticoy Berry Farms Inc | 149 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Artzai, LLC | 149 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pattern Energy Group Inc | 149 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | EASTERN CONSTRUCT/FLD SRVC-1 | 149 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Foothill Packing | 8,854 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Foothill Packing-California | 3,255 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital | 2,197 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Salinas Valley Healthcare System | 2,133 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Battle Lake Public School | 2.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Applied Technology Manufacturing Co | 2.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Electric Mills Division | 2.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Eagle Contractor Inc. | 2.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Norris Cylinder Company - Huntsville | 149 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | YAPP USA Automotive Systems, Inc. Romulus Plant | 149 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Plocher Construction Company | 149 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Headquarters | 149 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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