Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard · Tennessee
Welch Packaging Lexington
Lexington, TN · ~91 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Welch Packaging Lexington runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade C.
Welch Packaging Lexington: 2.8 TCR = 84% of Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Welch Packaging Lexington safety composite
Welch Packaging Lexington scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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).
45/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.76 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% 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 Lexington: 2.5 → 3.9 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 3.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.47× in 2021
Welch Packaging Lexington's TCR rose 1.4 from 2.5 in 2018 to 3.9 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322211 · Lexington, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 84% of ind
- DART 1.3 DART
- RANK #37/57
- PHOTO Fairview Paper Box C…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~91 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Fairview Paper Box Corp. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Welch Packaging Lexington in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Welch Packaging Lexington
2.8 TCR
- Fairview Paper
Fairview Paper Box Corp.
2.8 TCR
- International
International Paper Lincoln Container
2.8 TCR
- ARLINGTON, TX
ARLINGTON, TX HEXACOMB
2.8 TCR
- International
International Paper Binghamton Container
2.8 TCR
What this shows Welch Packaging Lexington averages 2.8 TCR (84% of the Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS benchmark).
Welch Packaging Lexington TCR series: 2018=2.5 · 2019=1.8 · 2021=3.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Welch Packaging Lexington falls in its industry
1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi establishmentsSafer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 57 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi employers in Tennessee.
Welch Packaging Lexington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322211 · TN · Lexington
1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 35 employers in Lexington, 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 | Fairview Paper Box Corp. | 2.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | International Paper Lincoln Container | 2.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ARLINGTON, TX HEXACOMB | 2.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | International Paper Binghamton Container | 2.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | PRI of East TN, Inc. | 91 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | US180: Knoxville 290 - SG | 91 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | H & M Industrial Services, Inc. | 91 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rawso Constructors | 91 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 9722 | 502 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Adient | 352 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FRS | 334 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 684 | 330 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Keller's Creamery - Winnsboro | 2.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Plant 9 | 2.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Meridian Wildlife Services, LLC | 2.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Havre de Grace, MD Facility | 2.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Woodcraft Industries, Inc. Greenville, PA | 91 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Humanetcis - McAllen | 91 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wishek Hospital Clinic Association | 91 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Stuart | 91 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.