Paperboard (e.g., can/drum stock, container board, corrugating medium, folding carton stock, linerboard, tube) manufacturing · California

Caraustar

Name: Caraustar Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Santa Clara, CA · ~63 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Caraustar runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Paperboard (e.g., can/drum stock, container board, corrugating medium, folding carton stock, linerboard, tube) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Caraustar: 1.5 TCR = 46% of Paperboard (e.g., can/drum stock, container board, corrugating medium, folding carton stock, linerboard, tube) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Caraustar safety composite

Caraustar scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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 1.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−3.0

2017→2018

Caraustar injury rate improved

Caraustar's TCR fell 3.0 from 3.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.0 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.0 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322130 · Santa Clara, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 46% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #3/15
PHOTO Demopolis Mill
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Demopolis Mill (0.0 TCR gap)

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International

1.6
4508 Stevenson

1.6
This site

1.5
Demopolis Mill

1.5
Pratt Paper (L

1.5

What this shows Caraustar averages 1.5 TCR (46% of the Paperboard (e.g., can/drum stock, container board, corrugating medium, folding carton stock, linerboard, tube) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Caraustar TCR series: 2017=3 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Caraustar falls in its industry

181 Paperboard (e.g., can/drum sto establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 15 Paperboard (e.g., can/drum sto employers in California.

Caraustar (63 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Caraustar has fewer employees than the Paperboard (e.g., can/drum stock, contai median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2018	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2017	3.0	3.0	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322130 · CA · Santa Clara

181 Paperboard (e.g., can/drum stock, container board, corrugating medium, folding carton stock, linerboard, tube) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 332 employers in Santa Clara, CA · 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	Demopolis Mill	DEMOPOLIS, AL	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	International Paper - Pine Hill Mill	PINE HILL, AL	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Pratt Paper (LA), LLC	SHREVEPORT, LA	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	4508 Stevenson Mill	STEVENSON, AL	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	VF - Lodi	LODI	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Valley Ventures, Inc.	FIREBAUGH	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Goossen Farms Inc	DINUBA	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	NGW, LLC	COALINGA	63 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mission Campus	Santa Clara	6,222 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Pure Storage	Santa Clara	5,595 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2032-02120751	Santa Clara	3,887 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0206-02620751	Santa Clara	3,154 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ksi Trading Corp - 88fl	Miami, FL	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hunter Keystone Peterbilt - Clearfield	Clearfield, PA	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sleepy Creek Turkeys	Goldsboro, NC	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Barren County-Dcbs	Glasgow, KY	1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Toyota Tewksbury	Tewksbury, MA	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Reserve 1 Manitou	Manitou Springs, CO	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tops #400	Rochester, NY	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rockwood Facility	Rockwood, TN	63 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: 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.