Cartons, egg, molded pulp manufacturing · Iowa

Clarion Packaging

Clarion, IA · ~96 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Clarion Packaging runs at 298% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cartons, egg, molded pulp manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Clarion Packaging: 9.8 TCR = 298% of Cartons, egg, molded pulp manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Clarion Packaging safety composite

Clarion Packaging scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

−1.7

2016→2018

Clarion Packaging injury rate improved

Clarion Packaging's TCR fell 1.7 from 10.6 in 2016 to 8.9 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.6 · 2017=10.0 · 2018=8.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322299 · Clarion, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.8 · 298% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK P3
  • PHOTO MURNANE PACKAGING CO…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~96 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MURNANE PACKAGING CORPORATION (0.1 TCR gap)

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Clarion Packaging in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Clarion Packaging averages 9.8 TCR (298% of the Cartons, egg, molded pulp manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Clarion Packaging TCR series: 2016=10.6 · 2017=10 · 2018=8.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Clarion Packaging falls in its industry

236 Cartons, egg, molded pulp manu establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Clarion Packaging (96 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Clarion Packaging
Clarion Packaging (96 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Clarion Packaging has more employees than the Cartons, egg, molded pulp manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2018 8.9 4.5 7 1 0
2017 10.0 7.0 10 0 0
2016 10.6 8.8 11 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322299 · IA · Clarion

236 Cartons, egg, molded pulp manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 15 employers in Clarion, IA · 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 MURNANE PACKAGING CORPORATION 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Angleboard a division of Signode Industrial Group 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Superior Paper Products 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR DFC Manufacturing Group LLC dba Tru Cut LLC 9.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Waterloo Service Center 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE 7123_18981 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Architectural Wall Systems, LLC 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE US093: Indianapolis 331 - SG 96 FTE
CITY-NEAR Iowa Specialty Hospital Clarion 378 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hagie Manufacturing 310 FTE
CITY-NEAR Clarion Wellness & Rehabilitation 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cascades Moulded Pulp - Iowa 68 FTE
NAT-TCR Norpol USA 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Liberty Homecare Dunn 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Luna Gourmet Coffee and Tea Co 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Mechanicsburg 9.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE MI Metals, Inc. (Smyrna) 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE CMC Energy- PA 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jackson Emc - Gwinnett 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE St Croix Tissue 96 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.