Paperboard mills · Washington
Greif - Caraustar Tacoma Paperboard
Tacoma, WA · ~54 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Greif - Caraustar Tacoma Paperboard runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Paperboard mills workplace, earning a grade D.
Greif - Caraustar Tacoma Paperboard: 4.6 TCR = 139% of Paperboard mills BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Greif - Caraustar Tacoma Paperboard safety composite
Greif - Caraustar Tacoma Paperboard scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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).
29/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.6 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.47 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% 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
−1.8
2021→2022
Greif - Caraustar Tacoma Paperboard injury rate improved
Greif - Caraustar Tacoma Paperboard's TCR fell 1.8 from 5.5 in 2021 to 3.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2021=5.5 · 2022=3.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322130 · Tacoma, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 139% of ind
- DART 2.5 DART
- RANK P16
- PHOTO Ohio Paperboard
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~54 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Ohio Paperboard (0.0 TCR gap)
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Greif - Caraustar Tacoma Paperboard in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Greif - Caraustar Tacoma Paperboard
4.6 TCR
- Ohio Paperboar
Ohio Paperboard
4.6 TCR
- Pratt Industri
Pratt Industries (Target Container) , Inc
4.6 TCR
- Ox Aurora, LLC
Ox Aurora, LLC
4.5 TCR
- Cal Sheets, LL
Cal Sheets, LLC
4.5 TCR
What this shows Greif - Caraustar Tacoma Paperboard averages 4.6 TCR (139% of the Paperboard mills BLS benchmark).
Greif - Caraustar Tacoma Paperboard TCR series: 2021=5.5 · 2022=3.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Greif - Caraustar Tacoma Paperboard falls in its industry
181 Paperboard mills establishmentsSafer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.
Greif - Caraustar Tacoma 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 | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.5 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322130 · WA · Tacoma
181 Paperboard mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 445 employers in Tacoma, WA · 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 | Ohio Paperboard | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pratt Industries (Target Container) , Inc | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ox Aurora, LLC | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cal Sheets, LLC | 4.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Seneca Foods, Dayton, WA Plant | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fallout | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Briarwood Farms | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FV Frontier Explorer | 54 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tacoma General Hospital (Companied 10 & 20) | 3,718 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of Tacoma | 3,689 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tacoma General Hospital | 3,247 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2643-46080001-460801 | 3,061 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Volunteer Pastilles, LLC Dayton Plant | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kerry Greenville | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | EB Display | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | IGPS Naperville | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Shakopee 8000 | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | HG297 | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Aero Transportation Products, Inc. | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | HOP Corporate | 54 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.