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

Ox Paper Tube & Core LLC

Hanover, PA · ~94 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ox Paper Tube & Core LLC runs at 177% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard workplace, earning a grade D.

Ox Paper Tube & Core LLC: 5.8 TCR = 177% of Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ox Paper Tube & Core LLC safety composite

Ox Paper Tube & Core LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

−0.7

2016→2024

Ox Paper Tube & Core LLC injury rate improved

Ox Paper Tube & Core LLC's TCR fell 0.7 from 7.7 in 2016 to 7.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.7 · 2017=4.4 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=6.3 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=4.2 · 2022=10.3 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=7.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 177% of ind

  • DART 5.5 DART
  • RANK #7/13
  • PHOTO Ox Paper Tube & Core…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 48 inj
  • SIZE ~94 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ox Paper Tube & Core Carolina, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ox Paper Tube & Core LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ox Paper Tube & Core LLC averages 5.8 TCR (177% 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

Ox Paper Tube & Core LLC TCR series: 2016=7.7 · 2017=4.4 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=6.3 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=4.2 · 2022=10.3 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=7 · BLS 3.3

Where Ox Paper Tube & Core LLC falls in its industry

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

Safer than 22% 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 #7 safest of 13 Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfib employers in Pennsylvania.

Ox Paper Tube & Core LLC (94 employees, TCR 5.8) 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 Ox Paper Tube & Core LLC
Ox Paper Tube & Core LLC (94 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Ox Paper Tube & Core LLC has more 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
2024 7.0 5.5 7 2 0
2023 3.8 1.9 3 1 0
2022 10.3 6.6 11 0 0
2021 4.2 4.2 4 0 0
2020 5.7 4.6 5 0 0
2019 6.3 5.2 6 0 0
2018 3.1 3.1 1 2 0
2017 4.4 2.2 4 0 0
2016 7.7 4.4 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322219 · PA · Hanover

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 · 149 employers in Hanover, 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 Ox Paper Tube & Core Carolina, LLC 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR AJM Packaging - Folkston 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greif Morgan Hill 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Caraustar Toledo Tube Plant 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE R.W. Sauder Inc. 94 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Exterior Company, Inc. 94 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kukurin Contracting, Inc. 94 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cable Services Company, Inc. 94 FTE
CITY-NEAR CARTER DOOR & MILLWORK HUB 389 4,102 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hanover Manufacturing Campus 1,446 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Hanover 1,090 FTE
CITY-NEAR Snyders-Lance, Inc.- Hanover Manufacturing Facility 850 FTE
NAT-TCR Home2 Suites Alamogordo 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR JA Bertsch Heating and Cooling LLC 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Riverside, CA - 520 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Eglin 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mana Nutrition 94 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southview Elementary School 94 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goose Creek Candle LLC 94 FTE
NAT-SIZE Provo 94 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 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.