Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard · Wisconsin

Western Container Corp JVL

Janesville, WI · ~33 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Western Container Corp JVL runs at 150% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard workplace, earning a grade D.

Western Container Corp JVL: 5.0 TCR = 150% of Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western Container Corp JVL safety composite

Western Container Corp JVL scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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%).

TCR Δ

−9.7

2022→2024

Western Container Corp JVL injury rate improved

Western Container Corp JVL's TCR fell 9.7 from 9.7 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=9.7 · 2023=5.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322219 · Janesville, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 150% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/9
  • PHOTO United Ammunition Co…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: United Ammunition Container, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Western Container Corp JVL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Western Container Corp JVL averages 5.0 TCR (150% of the Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard BLS benchmark).

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

Western Container Corp JVL TCR series: 2022=9.7 · 2023=5.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Western Container Corp JVL falls in its industry

140 Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfib establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 9 Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfib employers in Wisconsin.

Western Container Corp JVL (33 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 Western Container Corp JVL
Western Container Corp JVL (33 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Western Container Corp JVL has fewer employees than the Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 5.1 0.0 1 0 0
2022 9.7 9.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322219 · WI · Janesville

140 Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 178 employers in Janesville, WI · 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 United Ammunition Container, Inc. 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ox Industries 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Caraustar Palataka Tube Plant 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aspen Products - East (VA) 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE HM Clause - Sun Prairie 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fort Atkinson 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gorman General Contractors 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE J&J Contractors I LLC 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Service Center Operations : 0780 1,158 FTE
CITY-NEAR US - Supply Chain : 0780 1,087 FTE
CITY-NEAR 780 - JANESVILLE, WI 964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Seneca Foods Corporation 650 FTE
NAT-TCR Physicians Regional Medical Center -North 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR W&A Manufacturing 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Sashco Thornton 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR AAON Coil Products 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bridgeport 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE AMICO - Seasafe 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northern Concrete Pipe Inc. Clarkston 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lake Elsinore 33 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.