Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · Wisconsin

Appvion, Inc.

Appleton, WI · ~356 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Appvion, Inc. runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Appvion, Inc.: 2.1 TCR = 64% of Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Appvion, Inc. safety composite

Appvion, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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

−1.0

2023→2024

Appvion, Inc. injury rate improved

Appvion, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.0 from 2.6 in 2023 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.6 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322220 · Appleton, WI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 64% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #12/27
  • PHOTO Arauco North America…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~356 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Arauco North America - Biscoe (0.0 TCR gap)

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Appvion, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Appvion, Inc. averages 2.1 TCR (64% of the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Appvion, Inc. TCR series: 2023=2.6 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Appvion, Inc. falls in its industry

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 27 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat employers in Wisconsin.

Appvion, Inc. (356 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Appvion, Inc.
Appvion, Inc. (356 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Appvion, Inc. has more employees than the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper M median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 1.6 0.7 4 1 0
2023 2.6 1.4 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322220 · WI · Appleton

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 356 employers in Appleton, WI · 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 Arauco North America - Biscoe 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Westfield (formerly Prolamina/Jen-Coat) 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR TEK PAK INC 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Carrollton 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE TNT Crust 356 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bemis North America - BCF 356 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mayo Clinic Health System-Eau Claire Hospital (Clairemont) 356 FTE
STATE-SIZE Torginol, Inc 355 FTE
CITY-NEAR ThedaCare Regional Medical Center Appleton 1,649 FTE
CITY-NEAR ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton 1,563 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northern Operations 1,321 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fox Valley Technical College (WI) 1,279 FTE
NAT-TCR Mount Pleasant Assisted Living 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Fulmer Concrete Finishing Co., Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Nucor Cold Finish Nebraska 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Highland Homes San Antonio, LLC 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Community Hospital of Huntington Park 356 FTE
NAT-SIZE Casa de las Campanas 356 FTE
NAT-SIZE Modern Transportation 356 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marine Operations 356 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.