Chipboard (i.e., paperboard) stock manufacturing · Ohio

Greif/Caraustar

Cincinnati, OH · ~91 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Greif/Caraustar runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Chipboard (i.e., paperboard) stock manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Greif/Caraustar: 3.7 TCR = 112% of Chipboard (i.e., paperboard) stock manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Greif/Caraustar safety composite

Greif/Caraustar scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

−1.1

2021→2023

Greif/Caraustar injury rate improved

Greif/Caraustar's TCR fell 1.1 from 4.7 in 2021 to 3.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=4.7 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322130 · Cincinnati, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 112% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #8/12
  • PHOTO Clearwater Paper Lew…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Clearwater Paper Lewiston PPD (0.0 TCR gap)

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Greif/Caraustar in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Greif/Caraustar averages 3.7 TCR (112% of the Chipboard (i.e., paperboard) stock manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Greif/Caraustar TCR series: 2021=4.7 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=3.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Greif/Caraustar falls in its industry

181 Chipboard (i.e., paperboard) s establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 12 Chipboard (i.e., paperboard) s employers in Ohio.

Greif/Caraustar (91 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Greif/Caraustar
Greif/Caraustar (91 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Greif/Caraustar has fewer employees than the Chipboard (i.e., paperboard) stock manuf 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
2023 3.6 3.6 4 0 0
2022 2.7 0.9 3 0 0
2021 4.7 3.8 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322130 · OH · Cincinnati

181 Chipboard (i.e., paperboard) stock manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,513 employers in Cincinnati, OH · 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 Clearwater Paper Lewiston PPD 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pratt (Target Container), Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valley Converting Co., Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR BATTLE CREEK MILL 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gahanna 825 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gilbane Building Company Columbus 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE R.E. Middleton Construction Main office 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Enterprise Roofing & Sheet Metal Company 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center 17,011 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cincinnati Operations 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain : Evendale, OH 7,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain Evendale OH 6,400 FTE
NAT-TCR Lupient Kia of Milwaukee 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Ihop 3565 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Illinois 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Walton 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Roofing Standards, Inc. 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Super Stop & Shop 2700 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Super Stop & Shop 2610 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Edison Manor 91 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.