Paperboard mills · South Carolina

Carotell Paperboard

Name: Carotell Paperboard Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Taylors, SC · ~117 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Carotell Paperboard runs at 160% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Paperboard mills workplace, earning a grade D.

Carotell Paperboard: 5.3 TCR = 160% of Paperboard mills BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carotell Paperboard safety composite

Carotell Paperboard scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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).

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

−5.0

2016→2019

Carotell Paperboard injury rate improved

Carotell Paperboard's TCR fell 5.0 from 6.7 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.7 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.7 · 2017=6.4 · 2018=6.4 · 2019=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322130 · Taylors, SC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 160% of ind

DART 1.6 DART
RANK #5/5
PHOTO Board Mill Operations
BOOK 4y book
INJ 22 inj
SIZE ~117 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Board Mill Operations (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Carotell Paperboard averages 5.3 TCR (160% of the Paperboard mills BLS benchmark).

Carotell Paperboard TCR series: 2016=6.7 · 2017=6.4 · 2018=6.4 · 2019=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Carotell Paperboard falls in its industry

181 Paperboard mills establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Paperboard mills employers in South Carolina.

Carotell Paperboard (117 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Carotell Paperboard has fewer employees than the Paperboard mills 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
2019	1.6	1.6	2	0
2018	6.4	2.4	4	4
2017	6.4	4.8	7	1
2016	6.7	5.9	9	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322130 · SC · Taylors

181 Paperboard mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 24 employers in Taylors, 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	Board Mill Operations	WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI	5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	GA077 Cedar Springs Paper	CEDAR SPRINGS, GA	5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Okemah Paperboard	OKEMAH, OK	5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NuPak Printing	RED LION, PA	5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Pickens	PICKENS	117 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Parkdale Mills, Inc. Plant 40	GRANITEVILLE	117 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Daeyoung Electronics USA	PROSPERITY	117 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Newman Technology South Carolina, Inc.	AIKEN	117 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1244	Taylors	347 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1244	Taylors	311 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1937 - Greer	Taylors	192 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SC Steel LLC	Taylors	180 FTE
NAT-TCR	TX043A	Houston, TX	5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hog and Maitenance	Fort Recovery, OH	5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Aspire Physical Recovery Center of West Alabama, LLC	Tuscaloosa, AL	5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	6400-Swy 0027 1977	Lacey, WA	5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Christiana Center	Newark, DE	117 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hotel Athletic Club	Hialeah, FL	117 FTE
NAT-SIZE	West Valley	Northridge, CA	117 FTE
NAT-SIZE	US PA Pittsburgh Plant	Pittsburgh, PA	117 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, 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.