Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard · Illinois

Caraustar Cpg

Beardstown, IL · ~38 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Caraustar Cpg runs at 164% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard workplace, earning a grade D.

Caraustar Cpg: 5.4 TCR = 164% of Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Caraustar Cpg safety composite

Caraustar Cpg scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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).

D

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

−4.7

2016→2018

Caraustar Cpg injury rate improved

Caraustar Cpg's TCR fell 4.7 from 7.0 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.0 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.0 · 2017=7.0 · 2018=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322219 · Beardstown, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 164% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #8/9
  • PHOTO Armorboard Products …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Armorboard Products LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Caraustar Cpg in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Caraustar Cpg averages 5.4 TCR (164% of the Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), 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 Cpg TCR series: 2016=7 · 2017=7 · 2018=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Caraustar Cpg falls in its industry

140 Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfib establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 9 Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfib employers in Illinois.

Caraustar Cpg (38 employees, TCR 5.4) 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 Cpg
Caraustar Cpg (38 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Caraustar Cpg has fewer employees than the Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of median and a higher 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
2018 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2017 7.0 7.0 3 0 0
2016 7.0 2.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322219 · IL · Beardstown

140 Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 17 employers in Beardstown, 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 Armorboard Products LLC 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Factory 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sun America LLC 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cores & Tubes 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE GDM Seeds, Inc - Gibson City, IL 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Distribution Operating - Peoria 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE 629 - Distribution Operating - Peoria 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Freeport 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR JBS Swift Pork Company 1,998 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swift Pork 1,781 FTE
CITY-NEAR PSSI - 0063 JBS USA - Beardstown 195 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1451 157 FTE
NAT-TCR 4818-48180052-111 Riverbend Dr-Wc 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Case Goods/Corporate Office 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Plant 2 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Shopko Hometown #648 (Tecumseh, MI) 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Grenelefe Golf and Tennis Resort 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE LPCC-Fort Worth Prime 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Art Sample Furniture 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Magnum Systems, Inc. 38 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.