Paperboard mills · Ohio

Ohio Paperboard

Baltimore, OH · ~95 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ohio Paperboard runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Paperboard mills workplace, earning a grade D.

Ohio Paperboard: 4.6 TCR = 139% of Paperboard mills BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ohio Paperboard safety composite

Ohio Paperboard scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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).

D

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−1.3

2016→2020

Ohio Paperboard injury rate improved

Ohio Paperboard's TCR fell 1.3 from 3.1 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.1 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=8.2 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322130 · Baltimore, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 139% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/12
  • PHOTO Greif - Caraustar Ta…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~95 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Greif - Caraustar Tacoma Paperboard (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ohio Paperboard in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ohio Paperboard averages 4.6 TCR (139% of the Paperboard mills BLS benchmark).

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

Ohio Paperboard TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=8.2 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Ohio Paperboard falls in its industry

181 Paperboard mills establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 12 Paperboard mills employers in Ohio.

Ohio Paperboard (95 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Ohio Paperboard
Ohio Paperboard (95 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Ohio Paperboard has fewer employees than the Paperboard mills median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2020 1.8 0.0 1 1 0
2019 5.9 2.5 6 1 0
2018 8.2 3.1 8 0 0
2017 4.1 2.0 4 0 0
2016 3.1 2.0 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322130 · OH · Baltimore

181 Paperboard mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 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 Greif - Caraustar Tacoma Paperboard 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pratt Industries (Target Container) , Inc 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ox Aurora, LLC 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cal Sheets, LLC 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. - Grand Rapids, OH Production Plant 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Continental Building Company 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bowlin Services LLC 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Schaefer Group, Inc. 95 FTE
CITY-NEAR Greif (MG OHIO) 111 FTE
NAT-TCR Boyer's Food Markets -Bernville 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR New Haven - QRP 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 539 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Cargill Agricultural Supply Chain - Iowa Falls 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cleveland Tn Hyd 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bio Test Medical, Inc. 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE Victoria Manor 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE Construction 95 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: 2020, 2019, 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.