Boxes, folding (except corrugated), made from purchased paperboard · Tennessee
Southern Champion Tray
Chattanooga, TN · ~609 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Southern Champion Tray runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Boxes, folding (except corrugated), made from purchased paperboard workplace, earning a grade A.
Southern Champion Tray: 1.5 TCR = 45% of Boxes, folding (except corrugated), made from purchased paperboard BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Southern Champion Tray safety composite
Southern Champion Tray scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% 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).
59/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 1.49 per 100 workers
Safer than 67% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.7 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% 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
−0.6
2017→2024
Southern Champion Tray injury rate improved
Southern Champion Tray's TCR fell 0.6 from 1.4 in 2017 to 0.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=1.4 · 2018=1.3 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=0.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322212 · Chattanooga, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 45% of ind
- DART 0.7 DART
- RANK #5/11
- PHOTO Carol Stream IL
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 38 inj
- SIZE ~609 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Carol Stream IL (0.0 TCR gap)
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Southern Champion Tray in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Southern Champion Tray
1.5 TCR
- Carol Stream I
Carol Stream IL
1.5 TCR
- Southern Champ
Southern Champion Tray Mansfield Texas
1.5 TCR
- El Paso Paper
El Paso Paper Box, Inc.
1.5 TCR
- International
International Paper - Scotia Sheet Plant
1.5 TCR
What this shows Southern Champion Tray averages 1.5 TCR (45% of the Boxes, folding (except corrugated), made from purchased paperboard BLS benchmark).
Southern Champion Tray TCR series: 2017=1.4 · 2018=1.3 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=0.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Southern Champion Tray falls in its industry
205 Boxes, folding (except corruga establishmentsSafer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 11 Boxes, folding (except corruga employers in Tennessee.
Southern Champion Tray has more employees than the Boxes, folding (except corrugated), made median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322212 · TN · Chattanooga
205 Boxes, folding (except corrugated), made from purchased paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 695 employers in Chattanooga, TN · 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 | Carol Stream IL | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Southern Champion Tray Mansfield Texas | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | El Paso Paper Box, Inc. | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | International Paper - Scotia Sheet Plant | 1.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | PULASKI PLANT | 611 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FedEx Supply Chain - Cummins MDC 1 | 605 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sea Ray Boats - Tellico | 614 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Edwards Oil Company Inc. | 604 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CHATTANOOGA COKE | 8,650 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CHATTANOOGA FOOD | 8,650 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | USXpress | 7,385 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cardiology GB | 6,606 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Garrett Liners Inc | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fox River Valley Ethanol, LLC | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sheehy Construction Company | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Menasha Packaging Company - Santa Fe Springs | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | RMZ Farm Labor Services | 609 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sterilite Corporation CSC | 609 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Michels Pipeline Inc-WI-Brownsville | 609 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - MDT2 | 609 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.