Bobbins, fiber, made from purchased paperboard · Texas

Caraustar Arlington 407

Arlington, TX · ~55 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Caraustar Arlington 407 runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bobbins, fiber, made from purchased paperboard workplace, earning a grade C.

Caraustar Arlington 407: 2.9 TCR = 87% of Bobbins, fiber, made from purchased paperboard BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Caraustar Arlington 407 safety composite

Caraustar Arlington 407 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−1.5

2017→2021

Caraustar Arlington 407 injury rate improved

Caraustar Arlington 407's TCR fell 1.5 from 1.5 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.5 · 2018=9.7 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322219 · Arlington, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 87% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/8
  • PHOTO Caraustar
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Caraustar (0.0 TCR gap)

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Caraustar Arlington 407 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Caraustar Arlington 407 averages 2.9 TCR (87% of the Bobbins, fiber, made from purchased paperboard BLS benchmark).

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

Caraustar Arlington 407 TCR series: 2017=1.5 · 2018=9.7 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Caraustar Arlington 407 falls in its industry

140 Bobbins, fiber, made from purc establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 8 Bobbins, fiber, made from purc employers in Texas.

Caraustar Arlington 407 (55 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Caraustar Arlington 407
Caraustar Arlington 407 (55 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Caraustar Arlington 407 has fewer employees than the Bobbins, fiber, made from purchased pape median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.1 3.1 2 0 0
2018 9.7 3.3 6 0 0
2017 1.5 1.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322219 · TX · Arlington

140 Bobbins, fiber, made from purchased paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 475 employers in Arlington, TX · 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 Caraustar 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greif (IP ROCK HILL) 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR AJM Packaging - Detroit 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR PA148 Lehigh Valley (Dixie) Easton 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE CHAMPION FEEDERS 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE SANTA GERTRUDIS 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE SWISHER COUNTY CATTLE COMPANY 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harwood Complex 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR GM Arlington Assembly 4,769 FTE
CITY-NEAR TX Arlington Warehouse 4,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR TX Arlington 4,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR Texas Health Physician Group 3,831 FTE
NAT-TCR Plug Power Romeoville, IL Office 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR I H Schlezinger Inc 1041 Joyce Ave 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR NAIC2 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Denver Roofing Plant 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE TrafFix Devices, Inc. Coast Rubber Division 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Millers Health Systems 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE 515478-Mclean Po 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE 257230-Owosso Po 55 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, 2018, 2017. 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.