Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard · Pennsylvania

Newark Group - Caraustar York

York, PA · ~54 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Newark Group - Caraustar York runs at 262% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard workplace, earning a grade F.

Newark Group - Caraustar York: 8.6 TCR = 262% of Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Newark Group - Caraustar York safety composite

Newark Group - Caraustar York scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

Newark Group - Caraustar York: 1.8 → 18.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 18.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.95× in 2018

Newark Group - Caraustar York's TCR rose 16.2 from 1.8 in 2016 to 18.0 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322219 · York, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 262% of ind

  • DART 8.2 DART
  • RANK #12/13
  • PHOTO SEDA - North America…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SEDA - North America Headquarters (0.0 TCR gap)

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Newark Group - Caraustar York in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Newark Group - Caraustar York averages 8.6 TCR (262% of the Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard BLS benchmark).

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

Newark Group - Caraustar York TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=6.1 · 2018=18 · BLS 3.3

Where Newark Group - Caraustar York falls in its industry

140 Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfib establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 13 Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfib employers in Pennsylvania.

Newark Group - Caraustar York (54 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Newark Group - Caraustar York
Newark Group - Caraustar York (54 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Newark Group - Caraustar York has fewer employees than the Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2018 18.0 8.2 6 5 0
2017 6.1 4.1 3 0 0
2016 1.8 1.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322219 · PA · York

140 Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 496 employers in York, PA · 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 SEDA - North America Headquarters 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR DuraCorp, LLC (dba SOLUT!) 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Deco Paper Products 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacific Paper Tube, Inc. Las Vegas 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE TRIPLE-M-FARMS 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Scrubgrass Reclamation Company L.P. 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE 269-NiSource-Washington PA-Service 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wagman Construction Inc. 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR WellSpan York Hospital 4,886 FTE
CITY-NEAR WellSpan Medical Group 4,293 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wellspan Health 2,591 FTE
CITY-NEAR FedEx Supply Chain (Target York) 1,875 FTE
NAT-TCR Kingston (Nykin) 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR DHS of Blount County, LLC 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Feedmill 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Kenneth D Zotti, Inc. 8.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kastle Electric Co., LLC 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE River Valley Health Care, LLC 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Merrillville IN Store 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sacramento (Cawsa) 54 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: 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.