Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · Wisconsin

Appvion Operations Appleton, WI

Name: Appvion Operations Appleton, WI Workplace Safety Data
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Appleton, WI · ~340 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.0
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Appvion Operations Appleton, WI runs at 30% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Appvion Operations Appleton, WI: 1.0 TCR = 30% of Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Appvion Operations Appleton, WI safety composite

Appvion Operations Appleton, WI scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% 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).

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

−1.3

2019→2020

Appvion Operations Appleton, WI injury rate improved

Appvion Operations Appleton, WI's TCR fell 1.3 from 1.7 in 2019 to 0.3 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.7 · 2020=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 30% of ind

DART 0.3 DART
RANK #3/27
PHOTO RLG - Cellotape
BOOK 2y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~340 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RLG - Cellotape (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Appvion Operations Appleton, WI averages 1.0 TCR (30% of the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Appvion Operations Appleton, WI TCR series: 2019=1.7 · 2020=0.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Appvion Operations Appleton, WI falls in its industry

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 27 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat employers in Wisconsin.

Appvion Operations Appleton, WI (340 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Appvion Operations Appleton, WI 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
2020	0.3	0.3	1	0	0
2019	1.7	0.8	6	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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	RLG - Cellotape	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Duro Bag - Walton	WALTON, KY	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	27 Catawba	CATAWBA, NC	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	International Converter - Caldwell	CALDWELL, OH	1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Milwaukee - GLCCD	MILWAUKEE	340 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Clearwater Paper Neenah	NEENAH	340 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Worzalla, Inc.	STEVENS POINT	340 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SPXFLOW Delavan Operations	DELAVAN	340 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ThedaCare Regional Medical Center Appleton	Appleton	1,649 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton	Appleton	1,563 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Northern Operations	Appleton	1,321 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fox Valley Technical College (WI)	Appleton	1,279 FTE
NAT-TCR	ABC Cutting Contractors, Inc.	Indianapolis, IN	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Robinson CUSD #2	Robinson, IL	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Elite Apple Company, LLC	Sparta, MI	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Honeywell Electronic Chemicals - Bryan	Bryan, TX	1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Pratt Southeast Displays, LLC	Whitsett, NC	340 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Illumina	Foster City, CA	340 FTE
NAT-SIZE	TGH Corporate Center	Tampa, FL	340 FTE
NAT-SIZE	City of Bristol Virginia	Bristol, VA	340 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: 2020, 2019. 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.