Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing · Illinois

6503 Chicago IL Manufacturing

Chicago, IL · ~87 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

6503 Chicago IL Manufacturing runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

6503 Chicago IL Manufacturing: 1.2 TCR = 36% of Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

6503 Chicago IL Manufacturing safety composite

6503 Chicago IL Manufacturing scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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

−1.4

2019→2022

6503 Chicago IL Manufacturing injury rate improved

6503 Chicago IL Manufacturing's TCR fell 1.4 from 1.4 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.4 · 2020=2.0 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322212 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 36% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/17
  • PHOTO Staunton VA
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~87 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Staunton VA (0.0 TCR gap)

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6503 Chicago IL Manufacturing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 6503 Chicago IL Manufacturing averages 1.2 TCR (36% of the Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

6503 Chicago IL Manufacturing TCR series: 2019=1.4 · 2020=2 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=0 · BLS 3.3

Where 6503 Chicago IL Manufacturing falls in its industry

205 Folding Paperboard Box Manufac establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 17 Folding Paperboard Box Manufac employers in Illinois.

6503 Chicago IL Manufacturing (87 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 6503 Chicago IL Manufacturing
6503 Chicago IL Manufacturing (87 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 2.2

6503 Chicago IL Manufacturing has fewer employees than the Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 1.4 1.4 2 0 0
2020 2.0 2.0 3 0 0
2019 1.4 0.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322212 · IL · Chicago

205 Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, 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 Staunton VA 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bell Incorporated 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gordonsville TN 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kenton OH 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE HI-Grade Egg Producers & Processors - Loda 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Acciona Energy USA Global 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - AIC Distribution Operations 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Northern N - IL Gas Ops 87 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR Essendant: Boston (Suffolk) FE 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Mid-Cape Home Centers 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR US - Branch Network : 0423 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Office - Jernigan Oil and Propane 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE 5472-NAI-0034-0034-04723 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5472-NAI-0034-0034-03997 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5472-NAI-0034-0034-03960 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5472-NAI-0034-0034-02833 87 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, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.