PAPERBOARD MILLS · Illinois

3465 Aurora Paperboard

Aurora, IL · ~84 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

3465 Aurora Paperboard runs at 91% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical PAPERBOARD MILLS workplace, earning a grade C.

3465 Aurora Paperboard: 3.0 TCR = 91% of PAPERBOARD MILLS BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

3465 Aurora Paperboard safety composite

3465 Aurora Paperboard scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

−3.4

2019→2021

3465 Aurora Paperboard injury rate improved

3465 Aurora Paperboard's TCR fell 3.4 from 4.4 in 2019 to 1.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.4 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322130 · Aurora, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 91% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #2/7
  • PHOTO Pratt Industries (Ro…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~84 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pratt Industries (Robert Mann Packaging) LLC - Oxnard (0.0 TCR gap)

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3465 Aurora Paperboard in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 3465 Aurora Paperboard averages 3.0 TCR (91% of the PAPERBOARD MILLS BLS benchmark).

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

3465 Aurora Paperboard TCR series: 2019=4.4 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=1 · BLS 3.3

Where 3465 Aurora Paperboard falls in its industry

181 PAPERBOARD MILLS establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 7 PAPERBOARD MILLS employers in Illinois.

3465 Aurora Paperboard (84 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate 3465 Aurora Paperboard
3465 Aurora Paperboard (84 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3

3465 Aurora Paperboard has fewer employees than the PAPERBOARD MILLS median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2021 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2020 3.7 3.7 4 0 0
2019 4.4 1.8 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322130 · IL · Aurora

181 PAPERBOARD MILLS employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 325 employers in Aurora, IL · 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 Pratt Industries (Robert Mann Packaging) LLC - Oxnard 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clearwater Paper Lewistion PPD 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SJS Packaging Group, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greif Riverville 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Joliet Station 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schomburg & Schomburg Construction Incorporated 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE MEC DE JOINT VENTURE 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Premium Concrete Inc. 84 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indian Prairie School District 204 3,309 FTE
CITY-NEAR Factor Aurora 2,167 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rush Copley Medical Center, Inc. 2,163 FTE
CITY-NEAR ANDY FRAIN SERVICES INC 2,100 FTE
NAT-TCR 42611e - Johnstown Bin 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0332 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Bonaventure, The 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR BrandSafway Services, LLC - Minneapolis Branch 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 42321b - Queens Dc 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE 44141i - Jackson Ms Dc 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE 42141a - Boyslton 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bkrp LLC (Atlantic Palace) 84 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.