Paperboard products (e.g., containers) made in paperboard mills · North Carolina

CARAUSTAR

Waynesville, NC · ~20 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CARAUSTAR runs at 217% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Paperboard products (e.g., containers) made in paperboard mills workplace, earning a grade F.

CARAUSTAR: 7.2 TCR = 217% of Paperboard products (e.g., containers) made in paperboard mills BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CARAUSTAR safety composite

CARAUSTAR scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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).

F

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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%).

CARAUSTAR held a steady TCR band

CARAUSTAR's TCR held near 0.3 from 7.0 in 2018 to 7.3 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=7.0 · 2019=7.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322130 · Waynesville, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 217% of ind

  • DART 7.3 DART
  • RANK #7/8
  • PHOTO Ace Paper Tube Corpo…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ace Paper Tube Corporation (0.1 TCR gap)

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CARAUSTAR in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CARAUSTAR averages 7.2 TCR (217% of the Paperboard products (e.g., containers) made in paperboard mills BLS benchmark).

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

CARAUSTAR TCR series: 2018=7 · 2019=7.3 · BLS 3.3

Where CARAUSTAR falls in its industry

181 Paperboard products (e.g., con establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 8 Paperboard products (e.g., con employers in North Carolina.

CARAUSTAR (20 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate CARAUSTAR
CARAUSTAR (20 employees, TCR 7.2) 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 products (e.g., containers) m median and a higher 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
2019 7.3 7.3 2 0 0
2018 7.0 7.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322130 · NC · Waynesville

181 Paperboard products (e.g., containers) made in paperboard mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 45 employers in Waynesville, NC · 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 Ace Paper Tube Corporation 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ox Paperboard Illinois, LLC 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR OX Paperboard Halltown 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Caraustar Mill 1 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Steve Thomas Farms 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kent Smith Farms 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ron Richmond 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thomas Family Farms, Inc. 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1663 390 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1663 363 FTE
CITY-NEAR Evergreen Packaging - Waynesville 213 FTE
CITY-NEAR Store 023 202 FTE
NAT-TCR Shop Rite of Watchung 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 10801 Highway 3 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR REN541 AllGood Cobb 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sales - WorldMark Angels Camp 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Receiving Station E 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Exchange - LRS 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hospital Couriers Denver (Cosp) 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE R & N Construction Corp. 20 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. 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.