Paper and paperboard cutting and folding machinery manufacturing · Wisconsin

Absolut Manufacturing, LLC

Iron River, WI · ~34 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Absolut Manufacturing, LLC runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Paper and paperboard cutting and folding machinery manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Absolut Manufacturing, LLC: 1.7 TCR = 52% of Paper and paperboard cutting and folding machinery manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Absolut Manufacturing, LLC safety composite

Absolut Manufacturing, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Absolut Manufacturing, LLC held a steady TCR band

Absolut Manufacturing, LLC's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=5.9 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333243 · Iron River, WI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 52% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/25
  • PHOTO Fulghum Industries, …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fulghum Industries, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Absolut Manufacturing, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Absolut Manufacturing, LLC averages 1.7 TCR (52% of the Paper and paperboard cutting and folding machinery manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Absolut Manufacturing, LLC TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=5.9 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Absolut Manufacturing, LLC falls in its industry

137 Paper and paperboard cutting a establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 25 Paper and paperboard cutting a employers in Wisconsin.

Absolut Manufacturing, LLC (34 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Absolut Manufacturing, LLC
Absolut Manufacturing, LLC (34 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Absolut Manufacturing, LLC has fewer employees than the Paper and paperboard cutting and folding median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.3 0.0 1 0 0
2022 5.9 3.0 2 0 0
2021 2.7 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333243 · WI · Iron River

137 Paper and paperboard cutting and folding machinery manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 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 Fulghum Industries, Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valmet Columbus Roll Shop 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Peerless Machine & Tool Corporation 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SUPPLYONE 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Drumlin Dairy, LLC 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Merrillan East Coating 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bayfront Steam Plant 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bayfront Steam Plant-5D 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bayfield Electric Cooperative 19 FTE
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Hca Parkland 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR OSR Louisiana, LLC (d/b/a Ochsner Rehabilitation Hospital) 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR NA-US-CA-Fremont-47700 Kato Road 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Dtna Hq 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Umpi Kelley Commons 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE 30049 - Capstone Vmc Memphis Tn 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE kentwood 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Protech Powder Coatings Inc. 34 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.