Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · Illinois

Budnick Headquarters

Name: Budnick Headquarters Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Columbia, IL · ~108 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

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

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The verdict

Budnick Headquarters runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Budnick Headquarters: 3.0 TCR = 92% of Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Budnick Headquarters safety composite

Budnick Headquarters scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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).

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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%).

Budnick Headquarters held a steady TCR band

Budnick Headquarters's TCR held near 0.2 from 2.0 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=6.2 · 2019=4.0 · 2020=2.0 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 92% of ind

DART 1.9 DART
RANK #17/32
PHOTO Ecological Fibers, I…
BOOK 8y book
INJ 25 inj
SIZE ~108 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ecological Fibers, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Budnick Headquarters averages 3.0 TCR (92% of the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Budnick Headquarters TCR series: 2016=2 · 2017=0 · 2018=6.2 · 2019=4 · 2020=2 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Budnick Headquarters falls in its industry

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat establishments

Safer than 45% 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 #17 safest of 32 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat employers in Illinois.

Budnick Headquarters (108 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Budnick Headquarters 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
2023	1.9	1.9	2
2022	2.7	2.7	3
2021	5.5	3.7	6
2020	2.0	1.0	2
2019	4.0	3.0	4
2018	6.2	3.1	6
2017	0.0	0.0	0
2016	2.0	1.0	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322220 · IL · Columbia

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 · 18 employers in Columbia, 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	Ecological Fibers, Inc.	LUNENBURG, MA	3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	33 Hickory Tape	HICKORY, NC	3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Leavenworth Production Center	LEAVENWORTH, KS	3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Tulsa (formerly Tulsack Inc.)	TULSA, OK	3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Toro	ORLAND PARK	108 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Miller Engineering Co.	ROCKFORD	108 FTE
STATE-SIZE	LINDAHL BROTHERS, INC.	BENSENVILLE	108 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pet - OFallon	O'FALLON	108 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Luhr Crosby LLC.	Columbia	210 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Luhr Bros., Inc.	Columbia	160 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Crown Linen Service, Inc - MC2	Columbia	134 FTE
CITY-NEAR	EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc. Columbia	Columbia	98 FTE
NAT-TCR	Library	Bakersfield, CA	3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Metal Impact East	Graham, NC	3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wabash Center	Lafayette, IN	3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Community Access Center Marlton	Marlton, NJ	3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	C&C Logging LLC	Kelso, WA	108 FTE
NAT-SIZE	5280 Solutions LLC	Tulsa, OK	108 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cardinal Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc	Sun Prairie, WI	108 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hercules Sealing Products Louisville	Louisville, KY	108 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.