Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · Pennsylvania
American Paper Bag
Sugar Notch, PA · ~61 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
American Paper Bag runs at 284% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.4
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 19
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares American Paper Bag's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 3 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
American Paper Bag's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where American Paper Bag falls in its industry
381 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat establishmentsSafer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 16 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat employers in Pennsylvania.
American Paper Bag has an average TCR of 9.4, which is 284% of the industry average (3.3) for Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing. This is significantly worse than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for American Paper Bag
Between 2022 and 2024, American Paper Bag's Total Case Rate worsened from 5.2 to 8.6 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 66% increase across 2 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2022, at a TCR of 5.2, while 2023 saw the highest rate, at 14.3, a spread of 9.2 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 3 reporting years, American Paper Bag recorded 19 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 3-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from American Paper Bag's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 322220 - Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
6 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 139,144 hours worked = 8.62 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| American Paper Bag (this establishment) | 9.38 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 322220 |
| Pennsylvania state avg (all industries) | 5.06 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by American Paper Bag to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 6 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 11 reportable incidents · 11 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on American Paper Bag's reported OSHA injury record versus its Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 284% of the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing benchmark, American Paper Bag reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.