Waste recovery facilities · Texas

Caraustar Recycling

Texarkana, TX · ~36 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Caraustar Recycling runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Waste recovery facilities workplace, earning a grade B.

Caraustar Recycling: 1.6 TCR = 62% of Waste recovery facilities BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Caraustar Recycling safety composite

Caraustar Recycling scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.9

2019→2021

Caraustar Recycling injury rate improved

Caraustar Recycling's TCR fell 4.9 from 4.9 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.9 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Texarkana, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 62% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/40
  • PHOTO US Tire Recycling Pa…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: US Tire Recycling Partners, LP (0.0 TCR gap)

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Caraustar Recycling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Caraustar Recycling averages 1.6 TCR (62% of the Waste recovery facilities BLS benchmark).

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

Caraustar Recycling TCR series: 2019=4.9 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.6

Where Caraustar Recycling falls in its industry

422 Waste recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 40 Waste recovery facilities employers in Texas.

Caraustar Recycling (36 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Caraustar Recycling
Caraustar Recycling (36 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Caraustar Recycling has fewer employees than the Waste recovery facilities median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.9 4.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · TX · Texarkana

422 Waste recovery facilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 128 employers in Texarkana, 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 US Tire Recycling Partners, LP 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rubbercycle 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR International Paper Recycling - Des Moines 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Madison Heights Son Recycling - F272 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE FRONTIER FEED YARD 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Paco Feedyard 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coyote Lake Feedyard Inc. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Unlimited Contract Services Waelder 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Red River Army Depot 2,402 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Michael 029 1,850 FTE
CITY-NEAR Red River Army Depot TX0660 572 FTE
CITY-NEAR TS3 OIB US TX Texarkana TX TX995 566 FTE
NAT-TCR The Cary Company 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Electric 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Community Unit School District #5 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Gardner-Dixie Sales 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Packaging Center 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Road Atlanta 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE MLC 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE 35 RCT Kankakee 36 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.