Paper cups made from purchased paper or paperboard · Illinois

Solo Cup Company Chicago

Chicago, IL · ~1,377 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Solo Cup Company Chicago runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Paper cups made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade B.

Solo Cup Company Chicago: 2.2 TCR = 67% of Paper cups made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Solo Cup Company Chicago safety composite

Solo Cup Company Chicago scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% 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

−2.7

2016→2024

Solo Cup Company Chicago injury rate improved

Solo Cup Company Chicago's TCR fell 2.7 from 3.5 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.5 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=2.0 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=0.5 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322219 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 67% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #4/9
  • PHOTO Dalton Tube Plant 417
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 256 inj
  • SIZE ~1,377 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dalton Tube Plant 417 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Solo Cup Company Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Solo Cup Company Chicago averages 2.2 TCR (67% of the Paper cups 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

Solo Cup Company Chicago TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=2 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=0.5 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Solo Cup Company Chicago falls in its industry

140 Paper cups made from purchased establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 9 Paper cups made from purchased employers in Illinois.

Solo Cup Company Chicago (1,377 employees, TCR 2.2) 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Solo Cup Company Chicago
Solo Cup Company Chicago (1,377 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Solo Cup Company Chicago has more employees than the Paper cups made from purchased paper or median and a lower 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 0.8 0.7 10 0 0
2023 0.5 0.3 6 0 0
2022 0.9 0.8 13 0 0
2021 1.6 1.1 19 0 0
2020 3.1 2.4 39 0 0
2019 2.0 1.7 33 0 0
2018 3.6 2.2 45 2 0
2017 3.8 3.2 47 4 0
2016 3.5 2.3 44 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322219 · IL · Chicago

140 Paper cups made from purchased paper or paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, IL · 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 Dalton Tube Plant 417 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Easton 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Austell Tube and Core 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 250 Mason Road 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Advocate Dreyer Clinics 1,378 FTE
STATE-SIZE St. Elizabeth's Hospital, OFallon 1,376 FTE
STATE-SIZE Deerfield, IL -Medical Products 1,374 FTE
STATE-SIZE Federal Correctional Institution - Staff and Inmates 1,380 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR Carole Fabrics Corporation 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Chief Agri Industrial 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR General Mills (Murfreesboro) 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Mack Manufacturing, Inc. 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ewing Irrigation Products, Inc. 1,377 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thibodaux Regional Health System 1,377 FTE
NAT-SIZE United Church Homes, Inc. 1,377 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pilgrims Plant 1,377 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.