Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard · Tennessee
Lexington (00270) Welch Packaging
Lexington, TN · ~83 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lexington (00270) Welch Packaging runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade B.
Lexington (00270) Welch Packaging: 2.3 TCR = 71% of Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lexington (00270) Welch Packaging safety composite
Lexington (00270) Welch Packaging scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).
62/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.33 per 100 workers
Safer than 50% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 83% 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
−2.0
2023→2024
Lexington (00270) Welch Packaging injury rate improved
Lexington (00270) Welch Packaging's TCR fell 2.0 from 3.4 in 2023 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2023=3.4 · 2024=1.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322211 · Lexington, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 71% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #32/57
- PHOTO Pratt Display - Read…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~83 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Pratt Display - Reading (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lexington (00270) Welch Packaging in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Great Northern
Great Northern Corporation - Chippewa Falls
2.4 TCR
- This site
Lexington (00270) Welch Packaging
2.3 TCR
- Pratt Display
Pratt Display - Reading
2.3 TCR
- Lewisburg Cont
Lewisburg Container
2.3 TCR
- Pratt Industri
Pratt Industries (Target Container) Display Division
2.3 TCR
What this shows Lexington (00270) Welch Packaging averages 2.3 TCR (71% of the Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS benchmark).
Lexington (00270) Welch Packaging TCR series: 2023=3.4 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Lexington (00270) Welch Packaging falls in its industry
1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi establishmentsSafer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 57 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi employers in Tennessee.
Lexington (00270) Welch Packaging has fewer employees than the Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322211 · TN · Lexington
1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 35 employers in Lexington, TN · 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 | Pratt Display - Reading | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lewisburg Container | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pratt Industries (Target Container) Display Division | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Great Northern Corporation - Chippewa Falls | 2.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Tullahoma Utilities Authority | 83 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hamilton County Highway Department | 83 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Maxwell Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc | 83 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cable Tel Services, Inc. | 83 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 9722 | 502 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Adient | 352 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FRS | 334 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 684 | 330 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Eureka Casino Resort | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Nelson Staffing | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Brisbane Pec | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | MTVSOLAR-VA | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Groot South | 83 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Veransa Group Inc. | 83 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | FirePro Tech, LLC | 83 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Little Rock Embassy Suites | 83 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.