Fiber tubes made from purchased paperboard · Florida

Caraustar Palataka Tube Plant

Palatka, FL · ~28 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Caraustar Palataka Tube Plant runs at 149% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fiber tubes made from purchased paperboard workplace, earning a grade D.

Caraustar Palataka Tube Plant: 4.9 TCR = 149% of Fiber tubes made from purchased paperboard BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Caraustar Palataka Tube Plant safety composite

Caraustar Palataka Tube Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 36%), 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).

C

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−3.1

2016→2023

Caraustar Palataka Tube Plant injury rate improved

Caraustar Palataka Tube Plant's TCR fell 3.1 from 3.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.1 · 2017=11.7 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=7.3 · 2020=4.7 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322219 · Palatka, FL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 149% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P36
  • PHOTO United Ammunition Co…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: United Ammunition Container, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Caraustar Palataka Tube Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Caraustar Palataka Tube Plant averages 4.9 TCR (149% of the Fiber tubes made from purchased paperboard BLS benchmark).

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

Caraustar Palataka Tube Plant TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2017=11.7 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=7.3 · 2020=4.7 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Caraustar Palataka Tube Plant falls in its industry

140 Fiber tubes made from purchase establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Caraustar Palataka Tube Plant (28 employees, TCR 4.9) 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 Palataka Tube Plant
Caraustar Palataka Tube Plant (28 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Caraustar Palataka Tube Plant has fewer employees than the Fiber tubes made from purchased paperboa 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.7 0.0 1 0 0
2019 7.3 0.0 2 0 0
2018 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2017 11.7 2.9 4 0 0
2016 3.1 3.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322219 · FL · Palatka

140 Fiber tubes made from purchased paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 59 employers in Palatka, FL · 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 United Ammunition Container, Inc. 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Western Container Corp JVL 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aspen Products - East (VA) 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ox Industries 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rosana 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Webster Nursery 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harvesting 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ortiz Service Center 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR FL180 Palatka Paper 922 FTE
CITY-NEAR PALATKA CENTER FOR REHAB & HEALING 830 FTE
CITY-NEAR HH-PALATHME 560 FTE
CITY-NEAR HCA Florida Putnam Hospital 413 FTE
NAT-TCR Helena Laboratories Corp - Lindbergh Drive 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Middlebury Hardwood Products 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 5085 - OR Clackamas County 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Life Fitness Falmouth 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Goldbelt Inc - AK 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Don Hattan Derby 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE All American Stage Lines 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chalet Navy-Groton 28 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: 2023, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.