Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · Illinois

Brown Paper Goods IL

Name: Brown Paper Goods IL Workplace Safety Data
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Waukegan, IL · ~180 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Brown Paper Goods IL runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Brown Paper Goods IL: 3.2 TCR = 96% of Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Brown Paper Goods IL safety composite

Brown Paper Goods IL scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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).

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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

−3.9

2022→2023

Brown Paper Goods IL injury rate improved

Brown Paper Goods IL's TCR fell 3.9 from 5.1 in 2022 to 1.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=5.1 · 2023=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322220 · Waukegan, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 96% of ind

DART 1.2 DART
RANK #19/32
PHOTO Mondi Bags USA, LLC
BOOK 2y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~180 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mondi Bags USA, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.2
Manufacturer

3.2
Zenith - Railr

3.2
Mondi Bags USA

3.1
Web-Cote Indus

3.1

What this shows Brown Paper Goods IL averages 3.2 TCR (96% of the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Brown Paper Goods IL TCR series: 2022=5.1 · 2023=1.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Brown Paper Goods IL falls in its industry

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 32 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat employers in Illinois.

Brown Paper Goods IL (180 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Brown Paper Goods IL has more employees than the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper M median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2023	1.2	1.2	2	0	0
2022	5.1	1.7	9	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322220 · IL · Waukegan

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 141 employers in Waukegan, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Mondi Bags USA, LLC	WHITE HALL, AR	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Web-Cote Industries	HAMBURG, NJ	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Manufacturer	BLACK CREEK, GA	3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Zenith - Railroad	CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA	3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	F.E. Moran, Inc Fire Protection of Northern Illinois	NORTHBROOK	180 FTE
STATE-SIZE	E&K of Chicago, Inc.	ELMHURST	180 FTE
STATE-SIZE	The Levy Company	NORTHBROOK	180 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Decatur West Oil Refinery	DECATUR	180 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Waukegan PSD #60	Waukegan	2,420 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Vista Medical Center	Waukegan	936 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Visual Pak Waukegan	Waukegan	807 FTE
CITY-NEAR	American Blending & Filling	Waukegan	793 FTE
NAT-TCR	Salisbury Hatchery #3	Salisbury, MD	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Central Office	Boston, MA	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Big Lots Store #4705 Salinas, CA	Salinas, CA	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Joe W Morgan, Inc dba Henry Fligeltaub Company	Evansville, IN	3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	West Star Aviation / Chattanooga	Chattanooga, TN	180 FTE
NAT-SIZE	SC Steel LLC	Taylors, SC	180 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mayo Clinic Health System-Sparta	Sparta, WI	180 FTE
NAT-SIZE	LNK - 145 Ricefield	Hauppauge, NY	180 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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