Cartons, folding (except milk), made from purchased paperboard · North Carolina

JR Cole Industries, Inc. - Carton Division

Charlotte, NC · ~62 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

JR Cole Industries, Inc. - Carton Division runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Cartons, folding (except milk), made from purchased paperboard workplace, earning a grade B.

JR Cole Industries, Inc. - Carton Division: 1.9 TCR = 58% of Cartons, folding (except milk), made from purchased paperboard BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

JR Cole Industries, Inc. - Carton Division safety composite

JR Cole Industries, Inc. - Carton Division scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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

−2.9

2016→2023

JR Cole Industries, Inc. - Carton Division injury rate improved

JR Cole Industries, Inc. - Carton Division's TCR fell 2.9 from 2.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.9 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=2.9 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322212 · Charlotte, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 58% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/18
  • PHOTO 2510 Conover Folding
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2510 Conover Folding (0.0 TCR gap)

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JR Cole Industries, Inc. - Carton Division in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows JR Cole Industries, Inc. - Carton Division averages 1.9 TCR (58% of the Cartons, folding (except milk), made from purchased paperboard BLS benchmark).

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

JR Cole Industries, Inc. - Carton Division TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=2.9 · 2020=0 · 2021=3 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where JR Cole Industries, Inc. - Carton Division falls in its industry

205 Cartons, folding (except milk) establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 18 Cartons, folding (except milk) employers in North Carolina.

JR Cole Industries, Inc. - Carton Division (62 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate JR Cole Industries, Inc. - Carton Division
JR Cole Industries, Inc. - Carton Division (62 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 2.2

JR Cole Industries, Inc. - Carton Division has fewer employees than the Cartons, folding (except milk), made fro median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.0 0.0 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.9 2.9 2 0 0
2017 2.6 1.3 2 0 0
2016 2.9 1.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322212 · NC · Charlotte

205 Cartons, folding (except milk), made from purchased paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 2,058 employers in Charlotte, NC · 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 2510 Conover Folding 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR McCowat-Mercer Packaging, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2510 Conover Folding 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oak Hills Carton Co. 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE CENTRAL PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT -EST 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Boseman Farms, Inc. 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE South Durham 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenville - New Bern 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1101-Carolinas Medical Center (1101) 8,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0001-Carolinas Medical Center 8,032 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4795-AA-CLT-CHARLOTTE-CLT-TRML 7,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center 4,973 FTE
NAT-TCR Sugar Creek Management, LLC 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Abatement Solutions Technologies, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR USE York 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Renfro Corporation Clinton Distribution Center 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Roscioli Yachting Center 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE MCROpp New York Royal44 Tenant LLC 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Food 4 Less - Paso Robles 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE EDEP 62 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, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.