Boxes, setup (i.e., not shipped flat), made from purchased paperboard · Illinois

Elegant Packaging

Cicero, IL · ~116 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Elegant Packaging runs at 213% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Boxes, setup (i.e., not shipped flat), made from purchased paperboard workplace, earning a grade F.

Elegant Packaging: 7.0 TCR = 213% of Boxes, setup (i.e., not shipped flat), made from purchased paperboard BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Elegant Packaging safety composite

Elegant Packaging scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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

−5.9

2017→2024

Elegant Packaging injury rate improved

Elegant Packaging's TCR fell 5.9 from 9.1 in 2017 to 3.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.1 · 2022=11.0 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322219 · Cicero, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 213% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #9/9
  • PHOTO Pacific Paper Tube, …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 39 inj
  • SIZE ~116 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pacific Paper Tube, Inc. - Las Vegas (0.1 TCR gap)

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Elegant Packaging in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Elegant Packaging averages 7.0 TCR (213% of the Boxes, setup (i.e., not shipped flat), made from purchased paperboard BLS benchmark).

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

Elegant Packaging TCR series: 2017=9.1 · 2022=11 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Elegant Packaging falls in its industry

140 Boxes, setup (i.e., not shippe establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 9 Boxes, setup (i.e., not shippe employers in Illinois.

Elegant Packaging (116 employees, TCR 7.0) 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 Elegant Packaging
Elegant Packaging (116 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Elegant Packaging has more employees than the Boxes, setup (i.e., not shipped flat), m 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
2024 3.2 1.1 3 0 0
2023 4.9 1.0 5 0 0
2022 11.0 1.7 18 1 0
2017 9.1 3.9 13 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322219 · IL · Cicero

140 Boxes, setup (i.e., not shipped flat), made from purchased paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 99 employers in Cicero, IL · 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 Pacific Paper Tube, Inc. - Las Vegas 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carolina Paper Tubes 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stanpac USA LLC 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacific Paper Tube, Inc. - Stockton 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Joliet Reporting Center 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allied Power Services - Exelon, Dresden Station 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE 124 - Walsh - Flour Design Build Team 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Concrete Structures of the Midwest, Inc. 116 FTE
CITY-NEAR Breakthru Beverage Illinois, LLC. 1,006 FTE
CITY-NEAR J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 938 FTE
CITY-NEAR Breakthru Beverage Illinois - Cicero 770 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARYZTA - Cicero 765 FTE
NAT-TCR DFH1 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR The Metalworking Group - Dixie Highway 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Cranston 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Diamondback Marine 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Knife River Midwest 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE Walnut Hills Retirement Community 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE OCuSOFT 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE North Country Ford 116 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.