Composite cans (i.e., foil-fiber and other combinations) manufacturing · South Carolina

Caraustar Industries, Inc.

Name: Caraustar Industries, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Rock Hill, SC · ~73 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Caraustar Industries, Inc. runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Composite cans (i.e., foil-fiber and other combinations) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Caraustar Industries, Inc.: 1.6 TCR = 48% of Composite cans (i.e., foil-fiber and other combinations) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Caraustar Industries, Inc. safety composite

Caraustar Industries, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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 Industries, Inc.: 1.5 → 3.2 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 3.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.02× in 2019

Caraustar Industries, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.7 from 1.5 in 2017 to 3.2 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322219 · Rock Hill, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 48% of ind

DART 1.6 DART
RANK #1/5
PHOTO Bay Minette Tube Plant
BOOK 3y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~73 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bay Minette Tube Plant (0.1 TCR gap)

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1.7
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1.7
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1.6
Bay Minette Tu

1.5
Caraustar Atla

1.5

What this shows Caraustar Industries, Inc. averages 1.6 TCR (48% of the Composite cans (i.e., foil-fiber and other combinations) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Caraustar Industries, Inc. TCR series: 2017=1.5 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Caraustar Industries, Inc. falls in its industry

140 Composite cans (i.e., foil-fib establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 5 Composite cans (i.e., foil-fib employers in South Carolina.

Caraustar Industries, Inc. (73 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Caraustar Industries, Inc. has more employees than the Composite cans (i.e., foil-fiber and oth 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
2019	3.2	1.6	2
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	1.5	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322219 · SC · Rock Hill

140 Composite cans (i.e., foil-fiber and other combinations) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 221 employers in Rock Hill, SC · 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	Bay Minette Tube Plant	BAY MINETTE, AL	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Huhtamaki	GOODYEAR, AZ	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Caraustar Atlanta, TX	ATLANTA, TX	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kernersville Tube Plant	KERNERSVILLE, NC	1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Black River Electric Cooperative	SUMTER	73 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Blue Diamond Industries Clinton	CLINTON	73 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Spartanburg Thermoforming - CN3	SPARTANBURG	73 FTE
STATE-SIZE	FT4 - Chester	FORT MILL	73 FTE
CITY-NEAR	4701-340	Rock Hill	1,642 FTE
CITY-NEAR	340 PIEDMONT MEDICAL CENTER	Rock Hill	1,552 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rock Hill Distribution Center RHDC	Rock Hill	1,107 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City of Rock Hill	Rock Hill	1,072 FTE
NAT-TCR	Printing/Manufacturing II	Porterville, CA	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Americare Health Services	Bryan, OH	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	City Furniture Fort Lauderdale #01	Tamarac, FL	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Irving FS (SSS, CSS)	Irving, TX	1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	General Industry/Vinyl Fencing	Groveport, OH	73 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Praxair Ecorse, MI	River Rouge, MI	73 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Performance Electric L.P.	Houston, TX	73 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Philly Schuylkill	Philadelphia, PA	73 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.