Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard · Arizona

Smurfit Kappa Phoenix Converting

Chandler, AZ · ~96 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Smurfit Kappa Phoenix Converting runs at 167% 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.

Smurfit Kappa Phoenix Converting: 5.5 TCR = 167% of Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smurfit Kappa Phoenix Converting safety composite

Smurfit Kappa Phoenix Converting scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

−2.8

2021→2023

Smurfit Kappa Phoenix Converting injury rate improved

Smurfit Kappa Phoenix Converting's TCR fell 2.8 from 7.5 in 2021 to 4.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=7.5 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322211 · Chandler, AZ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 167% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #12/15
  • PHOTO Arrow Carton Company
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~96 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Arrow Carton Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Smurfit Kappa Phoenix Converting in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Smurfit Kappa Phoenix Converting averages 5.5 TCR (167% of the Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS benchmark).

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

Smurfit Kappa Phoenix Converting TCR series: 2021=7.5 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=4.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Smurfit Kappa Phoenix Converting falls in its industry

1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 15 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi employers in Arizona.

Smurfit Kappa Phoenix Converting (96 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0100200300 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Smurfit Kappa Phoenix Converting
Smurfit Kappa Phoenix Converting (96 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Smurfit Kappa Phoenix Converting 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
2023 4.8 3.6 4 0 0
2022 4.2 3.1 4 0 0
2021 7.5 7.5 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322211 · AZ · Chandler

1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 462 employers in Chandler, AZ · 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 Arrow Carton Company 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Smurfit Kappa Phoenix Corrugator 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Preferred Packaging Solutions, Inc. 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pratt (Signature Packaging), LLC 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Broccoli 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cactus Lane Farm 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mountain States Wholesale Nursery 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE NA-US-AZ-South Tucson-E Elvira 96 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chandler Campus 6,163 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ocotillo Campus 5,428 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030510 3,265 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2643-64030510-510001 2,446 FTE
NAT-TCR Eagan Clinic 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR John Prosock Machine Inc 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Ace Telephone Association of Michigan - Southern Michigan Allendale 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Crowne Plaza Lake Placid 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Solvay Specialty Polymers 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cadence Aerospace - Anaheim 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE The General Jackson Showboat 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE OXARC, Inc.- PAS 96 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.