Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard · Illinois
Akers Packaging Service Group - Chicago
University Park, IL · ~93 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Akers Packaging Service Group - Chicago runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade B.
Akers Packaging Service Group - Chicago: 1.8 TCR = 55% of Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Akers Packaging Service Group - Chicago safety composite
Akers Packaging Service Group - Chicago scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% 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).
68/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 1.8 per 100 workers
Safer than 65% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 83% 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
−1.1
2023→2024
Akers Packaging Service Group - Chicago injury rate improved
Akers Packaging Service Group - Chicago's TCR fell 1.1 from 2.4 in 2023 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2023=2.4 · 2024=1.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322211 · University Park, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 55% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #26/86
- PHOTO Box Board Products
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~93 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Box Board Products (0.0 TCR gap)
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Akers Packaging Service Group - Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Akers Packaging Service Group - Chicago
1.8 TCR
- Box Board Prod
Box Board Products
1.8 TCR
- International
International Paper Griffin Georgia
1.8 TCR
- Touchpoint
Touchpoint
1.8 TCR
- Covington Cont
Covington Container
1.8 TCR
What this shows Akers Packaging Service Group - Chicago averages 1.8 TCR (55% of the Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS benchmark).
Akers Packaging Service Group - Chicago TCR series: 2023=2.4 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Akers Packaging Service Group - Chicago falls in its industry
1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi establishmentsSafer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 86 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi employers in Illinois.
Akers Packaging Service Group - Chicago has fewer employees than the Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made median and a lower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322211 · IL · University Park
1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 49 employers in University Park, 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 | Box Board Products | 1.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | International Paper Griffin Georgia | 1.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Touchpoint | 1.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Covington Container | 1.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | ILAWC Interurban | 93 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Allied Power Services - Exelon, LaSalle Station | 93 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kinney Contractors Inc | 93 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tecta America | 93 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - IGQ2 | 1,110 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Federal Signal Corp (University Park) | 490 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Federal Signal Safety & Security Systems Group | 454 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amex Nooter | 407 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Western Specialty Contractors - Seattle | 1.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Arch Wood Protection, Inc (Technical Center) | 1.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | National Marker Company | 1.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | NFXL Delivery Service, LLC | 1.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | C & H Industrial Services | 93 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0758 College Park | 93 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Millwork Brothers, Inc | 93 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Acero Precision | 93 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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