Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · Arkansas

Shippers Products

Name: Shippers Products Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Fordyce, AR · ~180 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.0
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 1
Fatality

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The verdict

Shippers Products runs at 30% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Shippers Products: 1.0 TCR = 30% of Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shippers Products safety composite

Shippers Products scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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).

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers
Fatalities: F 1

Safer than 0% 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%).

Shippers Products held a steady TCR band

Shippers Products's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.6 in 2016 to 0.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 1.8 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.6 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322220 · Fordyce, AR AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 30% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #2/5
PHOTO RLG - Cellotape
BOOK 3y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~180 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RLG - Cellotape (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Shippers Products averages 1.0 TCR (30% of the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Shippers Products TCR series: 2016=0.6 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=0.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Shippers Products falls in its industry

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat employers in Arkansas.

Shippers Products (180 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Shippers Products has more employees than the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper M median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2018	0.6	0.0	0	1	1
2017	1.8	1.2	3	0	0
2016	0.6	0.6	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322220 · AR · Fordyce

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 10 employers in Fordyce, AR · 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	RLG - Cellotape	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Appvion Operations Appleton, WI	APPLETON, WI	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Duro Bag - Walton	WALTON, KY	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	27 Catawba	CATAWBA, NC	1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	General Cable	PARAGOULD	180 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Matthews international searcy bronze	SEARCY	180 FTE
STATE-SIZE	North Little Rock	LITTLE ROCK	180 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 6953	CENTERTON	180 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Signode- Fordyce, Arkansas	Fordyce	152 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AR107 Fordyce OSB	Fordyce	125 FTE
CITY-NEAR	DCMC	Fordyce	90 FTE
CITY-NEAR	339	Fordyce	78 FTE
NAT-TCR	Royal Lagoon Seafood	Theodore, AL	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Terex - Southaven	Southaven, MS	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cargill Animal Nutrition	Lecompte, LA	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Shopko Store #172 (Lincoln, NE (NorthWest))	Lincoln, NE	1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Gadsden	Gadsden, AL	180 FTE
NAT-SIZE	60-Philadelphia Terminal	Pennsauken, NJ	180 FTE
NAT-SIZE	HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie	Erie, PA	180 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Police Department	Manchester, CT	180 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.