Kit assembling and packaging services · Michigan

The Classic Jerky Company

Taylor, MI · ~82 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Classic Jerky Company runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Kit assembling and packaging services workplace, earning a grade C.

The Classic Jerky Company: 2.7 TCR = 105% of Kit assembling and packaging services BLS 2.6 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Classic Jerky Company safety composite

The Classic Jerky Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

C

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−1.5

2017→2024

The Classic Jerky Company injury rate improved

The Classic Jerky Company's TCR fell 1.5 from 1.5 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.5 · 2018=9.3 · 2020=4.7 · 2021=2.3 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561910 · Taylor, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 105% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/5
  • PHOTO Therapak LLC
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~82 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Therapak LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Classic Jerky Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Classic Jerky Company averages 2.7 TCR (105% of the Kit assembling and packaging services BLS benchmark).

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

The Classic Jerky Company TCR series: 2017=1.5 · 2018=9.3 · 2020=4.7 · 2021=2.3 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.6

Where The Classic Jerky Company falls in its industry

228 Kit assembling and packaging s establishments

Safer than 36% 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 #4 safest of 5 Kit assembling and packaging s employers in Michigan.

The Classic Jerky Company (82 employees, TCR 2.7) 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 The Classic Jerky Company
The Classic Jerky Company (82 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 1.9

The Classic Jerky Company has fewer employees than the Kit assembling and packaging services median and a higher 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.3 0.0 1 0 0
2021 2.3 1.2 2 0 0
2020 4.7 4.7 4 0 0
2018 9.3 2.7 7 0 0
2017 1.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561910 · MI · Taylor

228 Kit assembling and packaging services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 116 employers in Taylor, 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 Therapak LLC 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Custom Pak Illinois, Inc 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Packaging LLC 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Assemblers at McCook 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Riveridge Packing 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marysville Service Center 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE Construction 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Christman Company - Detroit 82 FTE
CITY-NEAR Detroit 1,670 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2250-5 1,325 FTE
CITY-NEAR Team Solutions Corporate US 528 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2912 435 FTE
NAT-TCR Hilton Garden Inn Jackson 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 13 - East Palestine 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Fowler Middle School 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Ocala Distribution Center 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Stevenson University 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wilmington 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nestle DC Fort Worth 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fillmore Community Hospital 82 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, 2021, 2020, 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.