Packaging services (except packing and crating for transportation) · Michigan

Sixarp LLC, dba Praxis Packaging Solutions, Caterpillar

Grand Rapids, MI · ~608 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sixarp LLC, dba Praxis Packaging Solutions, Caterpillar runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Packaging services (except packing and crating for transportation) workplace, earning a grade B.

Sixarp LLC, dba Praxis Packaging Solutions, Caterpillar: 1.8 TCR = 71% of Packaging services (except packing and crating for transportation) BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sixarp LLC, dba Praxis Packaging Solutions, Caterpillar safety composite

Sixarp LLC, dba Praxis Packaging Solutions, Caterpillar scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% 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).

D

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

−0.5

2022→2024

Sixarp LLC, dba Praxis Packaging Solutions, Caterpillar injury rate improved

Sixarp LLC, dba Praxis Packaging Solutions, Caterpillar's TCR fell 0.5 from 2.2 in 2022 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=2.2 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561910 · Grand Rapids, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 71% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO Packaging Unlimited
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~608 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Packaging Unlimited (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sixarp LLC, dba Praxis Packaging Solutions, Caterpillar in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sixarp LLC, dba Praxis Packaging Solutions, Caterpillar averages 1.8 TCR (71% of the Packaging services (except packing and crating for transportation) BLS benchmark).

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

Sixarp LLC, dba Praxis Packaging Solutions, Caterpillar TCR series: 2022=2.2 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 2.6

Where Sixarp LLC, dba Praxis Packaging Solutions, Caterpillar falls in its industry

228 Packaging services (except pac establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Packaging services (except pac employers in Michigan.

Sixarp LLC, dba Praxis Packaging Solutions, Caterpillar (608 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Sixarp LLC, dba Praxis Packaging Solutions, Caterpillar
Sixarp LLC, dba Praxis Packaging Solutions, Caterpillar (608 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Sixarp LLC, dba Praxis Packaging Solutions, Caterpillar has more employees than the Packaging services (except packing and c median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2024 1.6 1.2 7 1 0
2023 1.7 1.2 10 0 0
2022 2.2 1.8 14 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561910 · MI · Grand Rapids

228 Packaging services (except packing and crating for transportation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 1,006 employers in Grand Rapids, MI · 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 Packaging Unlimited 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thermo Fisher Scientific- FCS Mount Prospect, IL 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cadeco Distribution Services, LLC 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orange PKG Broadway 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Newkirk Electric 608 FTE
STATE-SIZE John F. Donnelly Drive 607 FTE
STATE-SIZE BUILDING 2 609 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Bay Health Centers 609 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA 9,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR SH Butterworth Hospital 7,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood 2,817 FTE
NAT-TCR Seaboard Foods Lp Oklahoma Maint 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Woodland Heights Medical Center - EVS 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Green Racing Management Co (DBA Parx Casino & Racing Inc) 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hinkle Construction Services 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE ProLift Toyota Material Handling 608 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - PHX5 608 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Atomics - Rancho Bernardo - G92 608 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eastern Municipal Water District 608 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, 2022. 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.