Mailing cases and tubes, paper fiber (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), made from purchased paperboard · Texas
Caraustar Industrial and Consumer Products Group
Arlington, TX · ~71 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Caraustar Industrial and Consumer Products Group runs at 37% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Mailing cases and tubes, paper fiber (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), made from purchased paperboard workplace, earning a grade A.
Caraustar Industrial and Consumer Products Group: 1.2 TCR = 37% of Mailing cases and tubes, paper fiber (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), made from purchased paperboard BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Caraustar Industrial and Consumer Products Group safety composite
Caraustar Industrial and Consumer Products Group scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% 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).
62/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.23 per 100 workers
Safer than 89% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.45 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%).
Rising injury rate
Caraustar Industrial and Consumer Products Group: 1.2 → 2.5 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 2.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.99× in 2024
Caraustar Industrial and Consumer Products Group's TCR rose 1.2 from 1.2 in 2022 to 2.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322219 · Arlington, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 37% of ind
- DART 2.5 DART
- RANK #3/8
- PHOTO MINERVA TUBE PLANT
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~71 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: MINERVA TUBE PLANT (0.0 TCR gap)
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Caraustar Industrial and Consumer Products Group in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Greif Inc. (Ba
Greif Inc. (Bay Minette Tube Plant)
1.3 TCR
- Caraustar Okem
Caraustar Okemah, OK
1.3 TCR
- This site
Caraustar Industrial and Consumer Products Group
1.2 TCR
- MINERVA TUBE P
MINERVA TUBE PLANT
1.2 TCR
- Chicago Mailin
Chicago Mailing Tube Co.
1.2 TCR
What this shows Caraustar Industrial and Consumer Products Group averages 1.2 TCR (37% of the Mailing cases and tubes, paper fiber (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), made from purchased paperboard BLS benchmark).
Caraustar Industrial and Consumer Products Group TCR series: 2022=1.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Caraustar Industrial and Consumer Products Group falls in its industry
140 Mailing cases and tubes, paper establishmentsSafer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 8 Mailing cases and tubes, paper employers in Texas.
Caraustar Industrial and Consumer Products Group has more employees than the Mailing cases and tubes, paper fiber (i. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322219 · TX · Arlington
140 Mailing cases and tubes, paper fiber (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), 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 | MINERVA TUBE PLANT | 1.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Greif Inc. (Bay Minette Tube Plant) | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Chicago Mailing Tube Co. | 1.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Caraustar Okemah, OK | 1.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | West Gaines Seed Inc | 71 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Innovex Downhole Solutions Andrews | 71 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SYSTEM OPERATIONS | 71 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Edinburg Location | 71 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 | Carrier Enterprise LLC | 1.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 483029-Bristol | PA | KBS-850 | 1.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | ProHealth Care | 1.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Owens Corning Compton Roofing & Asphalt | 1.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers C673 | 71 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | KRS Holdings Inc | 71 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | GSE Construction Mountain Division | 71 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | OMNI-X USA, Inc. | 71 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.