Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard · South Carolina
Lexington Container
Lexington, SC · ~159 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lexington Container runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade A.
Lexington Container: 1.5 TCR = 45% of Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lexington Container safety composite
Lexington Container scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% 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).
63/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 1.5 per 100 workers
Safer than 73% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.66 per 100 workers
Safer than 60% 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
−1.4
2017→2023
Lexington Container injury rate improved
Lexington Container's TCR fell 1.4 from 2.1 in 2017 to 0.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=2.1 · 2018=0.6 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=0.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322211 · Lexington, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 45% of ind
- DART 0.7 DART
- RANK #8/23
- PHOTO Vermont Container Corp
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 18 inj
- SIZE ~159 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Vermont Container Corp (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lexington Container in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Lexington Container
1.5 TCR
- Vermont Contai
Vermont Container Corp
1.5 TCR
- International
International Paper - Austin
1.5 TCR
- Cedar Rapids C
Cedar Rapids Container
1.5 TCR
- International
International Paper - Arden Hills
1.5 TCR
What this shows Lexington Container averages 1.5 TCR (45% of the Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS benchmark).
Lexington Container TCR series: 2017=2.1 · 2018=0.6 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=0.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Lexington Container falls in its industry
1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi establishmentsSafer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 23 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi employers in South Carolina.
Lexington Container has more 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322211 · SC · Lexington
1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 136 employers in Lexington, SC · 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 | Vermont Container Corp | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | International Paper - Austin | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cedar Rapids Container | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | International Paper - Arden Hills | 1.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 4531 Summerville Lumber Mill | 159 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pigment Services Inc. | 159 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AVANTech, LLC | 159 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Roy Metal Finishing Piedmont | 159 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | County of Lexington | 1,630 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Michelin US5 Lexington SC | 1,621 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Michelin North America US7 | 838 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Columbia | 760 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Graphic Products | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Junge Control, Inc. | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Silgan Containers Modesto Doherty | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Petra Chemical Company | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Brek Manufacturing | 159 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Muth Mirror Systems LLC | 159 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | United Aluminum | 159 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital St. Louis | 159 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.