Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard · Illinois
Liberty Packaging, Chicago
Melrose Park, IL · ~42 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Liberty Packaging, Chicago runs at 197% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade D.
Liberty Packaging, Chicago: 6.5 TCR = 197% of Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Liberty Packaging, Chicago safety composite
Liberty Packaging, Chicago scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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).
18/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.5 per 100 workers
Safer than 8% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.77 per 100 workers
Safer than 7% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Liberty Packaging, Chicago: 3.8 → 8.7 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 8.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.89× in 2024
Liberty Packaging, Chicago's TCR rose 4.8 from 3.8 in 2022 to 8.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322211 · Melrose Park, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 197% of ind
- DART 5.8 DART
- RANK #84/86
- PHOTO GoldenCorr Sheets, LLC
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~42 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: GoldenCorr Sheets, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Liberty Packaging, Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Liberty Packaging, Chicago
6.5 TCR
- GoldenCorr She
GoldenCorr Sheets, LLC
6.5 TCR
- Wisconsin Pack
Wisconsin Packaging
6.5 TCR
- E. SMITH BOX,
E. SMITH BOX, INC.
6.5 TCR
- MPP Brea
MPP Brea
6.5 TCR
What this shows Liberty Packaging, Chicago averages 6.5 TCR (197% of the Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS benchmark).
Liberty Packaging, Chicago TCR series: 2022=3.8 · 2023=7 · 2024=8.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Liberty Packaging, Chicago falls in its industry
1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi establishmentsSafer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #84 safest of 86 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi employers in Illinois.
Liberty Packaging, Chicago has fewer employees than the Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made median and a higher 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 | 8.7 | 5.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.0 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322211 · IL · Melrose Park
1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 96 employers in Melrose Park, IL · 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 | GoldenCorr Sheets, LLC | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wisconsin Packaging | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | E. SMITH BOX, INC. | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MPP Brea | 6.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | DAS Pontiac, IL | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Waterman, IL-R&D | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Springfield IL | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Egyptian Electric Cooperative | 42 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Jewel Distribution DC | 1,169 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NAI-0032-0032-06651 FAC-06651-MELROSE PARK-IL | 1,106 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Gottlieb Memorial Hospital | 923 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC - Ruby Street Plant | 714 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Naples Packing House | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Toth Construction | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jefferson House | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | R.B. Owens Electric, Inc | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Endur Contractors, LLC | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cranberry | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Midway | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Spinal Technology, LLC | 42 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.