Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · Massachusetts

AR Metallizing, LTD

Franklin, MA · ~92 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

AR Metallizing, LTD runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

AR Metallizing, LTD: 4.3 TCR = 129% of Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

AR Metallizing, LTD safety composite

AR Metallizing, LTD scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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).

D

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−3.5

2016→2021

AR Metallizing, LTD injury rate improved

AR Metallizing, LTD's TCR fell 3.5 from 4.9 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.9 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=12.5 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322220 · Franklin, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 129% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/18
  • PHOTO Addev Materials
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~92 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Addev Materials (0.0 TCR gap)

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AR Metallizing, LTD in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows AR Metallizing, LTD averages 4.3 TCR (129% 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

AR Metallizing, LTD TCR series: 2016=4.9 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=12.5 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where AR Metallizing, LTD falls in its industry

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 18 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat employers in Massachusetts.

AR Metallizing, LTD (92 employees, TCR 4.3) 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 AR Metallizing, LTD
AR Metallizing, LTD (92 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8

AR Metallizing, LTD has fewer employees than the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper M median and a higher 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
2021 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.4 4.4 5 0 0
2018 12.5 12.5 12 0 0
2017 2.4 2.4 2 0 0
2016 4.9 4.9 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322220 · MA · Franklin

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 85 employers in Franklin, MA · 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 Addev Materials 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR RLG - Teklabel 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Headquarters 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR STCT Shurtape Connecticut 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE EQUAL EXCHANGE, INC. 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAPP Westminster 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dodge Billerica 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charter NEXT Generation 92 FTE
CITY-NEAR Taunton 1,691 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franklin 55 675 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franklin 50 670 FTE
CITY-NEAR Horace Mann Educational Associates 633 FTE
NAT-TCR JFM Logistics, LLC 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR North Buffalo Lodging Ventures, LLC 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Devils Backbone Outpost 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Southerland Transport 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brady Company/Los Angeles Anaheim 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vallejo Flood & Wastewater District 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aspen Meadows Health & Rehab 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harston Hall 92 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.