Bottle caps and lids, plastics, manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Schuetz Container Systems

Hazleton, PA · ~52 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Schuetz Container Systems runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Bottle caps and lids, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Schuetz Container Systems: 2.3 TCR = 71% of Bottle caps and lids, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Schuetz Container Systems safety composite

Schuetz Container Systems scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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).

D

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Schuetz Container Systems: 0.0 → 4.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2024

Schuetz Container Systems's TCR rose 4.7 from 0.0 in 2023 to 4.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Hazleton, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 71% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #60/183
  • PHOTO ProMed Molded Produc…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ProMed Molded Products - 23rd Ave (0.0 TCR gap)

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Schuetz Container Systems in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Schuetz Container Systems averages 2.3 TCR (71% of the Bottle caps and lids, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Schuetz Container Systems TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Schuetz Container Systems falls in its industry

2,838 Bottle caps and lids, plastics establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #60 safest of 183 Bottle caps and lids, plastics employers in Pennsylvania.

Schuetz Container Systems (52 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 Schuetz Container Systems
Schuetz Container Systems (52 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Schuetz Container Systems has fewer employees than the Bottle caps and lids, plastics, manufact median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 4.7 4.7 3 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · PA · Hazleton

2,838 Bottle caps and lids, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 79 employers in Hazleton, PA · 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 ProMed Molded Products - 23rd Ave 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Delphos Rubber Company 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greif (Centerville) 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fiberon Decking 1NL 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Farm 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maitri Genetics 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Insa Shamokin Dam 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ethos Fairless Hills 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - AVP1 2,394 FTE
CITY-NEAR Case Ready Hazleton PA 872 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton 796 FTE
CITY-NEAR LVH-Hazleton 722 FTE
NAT-TCR South Coast Baking NWA, LLC 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 2002 Clarksville 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR KDLA State Library 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Viking Range, LLC - Hospitality Group 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Anthony, KS 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Broad River Electric Cooperative, Inc. 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Riverview 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mint Roofing, Inc 52 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.