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

Welch Packaging Chicago

Name: Welch Packaging Chicago Workplace Safety Data
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Bridgeview, IL · ~140 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.4
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Welch Packaging Chicago runs at 74% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade B.

Welch Packaging Chicago: 2.4 TCR = 74% of Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Welch Packaging Chicago safety composite

Welch Packaging Chicago scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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).

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

Welch Packaging Chicago: 1.0 → 3.1 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 3.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2021

Welch Packaging Chicago's TCR rose 2.1 from 1.0 in 2018 to 3.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322211 · Bridgeview, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 74% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #44/86
PHOTO Hood Container Tampa
BOOK 3y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~140 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hood Container Tampa (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Welch Packaging Chicago averages 2.4 TCR (74% of the Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS benchmark).

Welch Packaging Chicago TCR series: 2018=1 · 2019=3.2 · 2021=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Welch Packaging Chicago falls in its industry

1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #44 safest of 86 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi employers in Illinois.

Welch Packaging Chicago (140 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Welch Packaging Chicago has more 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
2021	3.1	0.0	3
2019	3.2	1.1	3
2018	1.0	1.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322211 · IL · Bridgeview

1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 65 employers in Bridgeview, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Hood Container Tampa	OLDSMAR, FL	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Charlotte Container	CHARLOTTE, NC	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CorrChoice-Mason (Michigan Packaging)	MASON, MI	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	El Paso Container	EL PASO, TX	2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	LEM Decatur	DECATUR	140 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mt Carmel Stabilization Group, Inc.	MOUNT CARMEL	140 FTE
STATE-SIZE	A Lamp Concrete Contractors	SCHAUMBURG	140 FTE
STATE-SIZE	FE Moran Fire Protection Northern Illinois	NORTHBROOK	140 FTE
CITY-NEAR	VCNA Prairie LLC	Bridgeview	705 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Foodservice : BRIDGEVIEW	Bridgeview	576 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bridgeview	Bridgeview	473 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CC 300654 BRIDGEVIEW PLT	Bridgeview	374 FTE
NAT-TCR	Legacy Bake House	Waukesha, WI	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mercy Home Care	Sioux City, IA	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	CorrChoice-Mason (Michigan Packaging)	Mason, MI	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Naomi Family Residence	St. Paul, MN	2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Renaissance Reno Hotel	Reno, NV	140 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Kohler Company-Saukville	Saukville, WI	140 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bristol Farms Santa Monica	Santa Monica, CA	140 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Alamo Group (TX) Inc.	Seguin, TX	140 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: 2021, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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