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
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).
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
- This site
Solo Cup Company Chicago
2.2 TCR
- Dalton Tube Pl
Dalton Tube Plant 417
2.2 TCR
- Easton
Easton
2.2 TCR
- Austell Tube a
Austell Tube and Core
2.2 TCR
- 250 Mason Road
250 Mason Road
2.2 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).
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 establishmentsSafer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.
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 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 →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.