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
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).
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
- Stanpac USA LL
Stanpac USA LLC
7.2 TCR
- Pacific Paper
Pacific Paper Tube, Inc. - Las Vegas
7.1 TCR
- This site
Elegant Packaging
7 TCR
- Carolina Paper
Carolina Paper Tubes
6.9 TCR
- Pacific Paper
Pacific Paper Tube, Inc. - Stockton
6.8 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).
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 establishmentsSafer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.
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 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 →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.