Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Universal Protective Packagin, Inc.

Mechanicsburg, PA · ~55 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Universal Protective Packagin, Inc. runs at 246% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Universal Protective Packagin, Inc.: 8.1 TCR = 246% of Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Universal Protective Packagin, Inc. safety composite

Universal Protective Packagin, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).

F

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

Universal Protective Packagin, Inc.: 1.9 → 14.3 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 14.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.76× in 2022

Universal Protective Packagin, Inc.'s TCR rose 12.5 from 1.9 in 2020 to 14.3 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326112 · Mechanicsburg, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.1 · 246% of ind

  • DART 6.2 DART
  • RANK #12/13
  • PHOTO Diamond Wipes Intern…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Diamond Wipes International Inc (0.2 TCR gap)

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Universal Protective Packagin, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Universal Protective Packagin, Inc. averages 8.1 TCR (246% of the Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Universal Protective Packagin, Inc. TCR series: 2020=1.9 · 2022=14.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Universal Protective Packagin, Inc. falls in its industry

396 Flexible packaging, plastics f establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 13 Flexible packaging, plastics f employers in Pennsylvania.

Universal Protective Packagin, Inc. (55 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 90 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Universal Protective Packagin, Inc.
Universal Protective Packagin, Inc. (55 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 90 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Universal Protective Packagin, Inc. has fewer employees than the Flexible packaging, plastics film, manuf 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
2022 14.3 6.2 7 0 0
2020 1.9 1.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326112 · PA · Mechanicsburg

396 Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 219 employers in Mechanicsburg, 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 Diamond Wipes International Inc 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dynaric Strapping Division 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Direct Pack Inc 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Filtrona Tapes 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Olyphant, PA 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Viridity Energy Solutions Inc. 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stable Hollow Woodworking LLC 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Whistler Construction Company 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg PA 2,769 FTE
CITY-NEAR EFC3 740 FTE
CITY-NEAR HARRISBURG (PAMBG) 701 FTE
CITY-NEAR PAMBG - HARRISBURG 606 FTE
NAT-TCR HG683 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Mead Lumber Cheyenne 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 2573-TX059 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Francis 8.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Auberge at Kingwood 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Courtyard Starkville 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Customer Service and Training 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atria Mount Pleasant 55 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: 2022, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.