Corrugated and solid fiber boxes made from purchased paper or paperboard · California
Smurfit Kappa North America - Carson
Carson, CA · ~52 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Smurfit Kappa North America - Carson runs at 176% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Corrugated and solid fiber boxes made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade D.
Smurfit Kappa North America - Carson: 5.8 TCR = 176% of Corrugated and solid fiber boxes made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Smurfit Kappa North America - Carson safety composite
Smurfit Kappa North America - Carson scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).
19/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.8 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% 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
Smurfit Kappa North America - Carson: 1.6 → 10.0 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 10.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.03× in 2020
Smurfit Kappa North America - Carson's TCR rose 8.4 from 1.6 in 2019 to 10.0 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322211 · Carson, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 176% of ind
- DART 6.0 DART
- RANK #96/111
- PHOTO VA038 Martinsville C…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~52 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: VA038 Martinsville Container (0.0 TCR gap)
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Smurfit Kappa North America - Carson in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Smurfit Kappa North America - Carson
5.8 TCR
- VA038 Martinsv
VA038 Martinsville Container
5.8 TCR
- Thomson Manufa
Thomson Manufacturing
5.8 TCR
- PHILPAC CORPOR
PHILPAC CORPORATION Military Road
5.8 TCR
- Pratt Industri
Pratt Industries Site 7814
5.8 TCR
What this shows Smurfit Kappa North America - Carson averages 5.8 TCR (176% of the Corrugated and solid fiber boxes made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS benchmark).
Smurfit Kappa North America - Carson TCR series: 2019=1.6 · 2020=10 · BLS 3.3
Where Smurfit Kappa North America - Carson falls in its industry
1,338 Corrugated and solid fiber box establishmentsSafer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #96 safest of 111 Corrugated and solid fiber box employers in California.
Smurfit Kappa North America - Carson has fewer employees than the Corrugated and solid fiber boxes made fr 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 10.0 | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322211 · CA · Carson
1,338 Corrugated and solid fiber boxes made from purchased paper or paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 236 employers in Carson, CA · 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 | VA038 Martinsville Container | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Thomson Manufacturing | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PHILPAC CORPORATION Military Road | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pratt Industries Site 7814 | 5.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Phil Foster Ranch | 52 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Oceano Packing Company | 52 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sun Pacific Farming | Citrus Farming | Ivanhoe | 52 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Brassfield Estate Vineyard | 52 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Centric Parts (PEO) - Carson | 1,190 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Los Angeles Refinery Carson | 1,083 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AMPAM Parks Mechanical | 965 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of Carson | 755 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Emerald Performance Materials - Henry | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mercy Health Lifestar Ambulance | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pennex Aluminum Company LLC. (Wellsville Operations) | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Insource Performance Solutions at Coke Lavergne | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Iowa Falls Plant | 52 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ash Resources, Inc | 52 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Anchor Fire Protection Company | 52 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Waterford at Edison Lakes | 52 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.