Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing · Massachusetts

Arlin Mfg

Lowell, MA · ~47 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Arlin Mfg runs at 327% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Arlin Mfg: 10.8 TCR = 327% of Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Arlin Mfg safety composite

Arlin Mfg scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).

F

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Arlin Mfg: 3.2 → 20.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 20.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.16× in 2024

Arlin Mfg's TCR rose 16.8 from 3.2 in 2021 to 20.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326112 · Lowell, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.8 · 327% of ind

  • DART 12.5 DART
  • RANK #15/15
  • PHOTO Plastic Bag Manufact…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Plastic Bag Manufacturer (0.1 TCR gap)

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Arlin Mfg in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Arlin Mfg averages 10.8 TCR (327% of the Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Arlin Mfg TCR series: 2021=3.2 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=17.3 · 2024=20 · BLS 3.3

Where Arlin Mfg falls in its industry

396 Flexible packaging, plastics f establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 15 Flexible packaging, plastics f employers in Massachusetts.

Arlin Mfg (47 employees, TCR 10.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 90 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Arlin Mfg
Arlin Mfg (47 employees, TCR 10.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 90 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Arlin Mfg has fewer employees than the Flexible packaging, plastics film, manuf median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 20.0 12.5 5 3 0
2023 17.3 5.8 6 0 0
2022 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2021 3.2 3.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326112 · MA · Lowell

396 Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 81 employers in Lowell, 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 Plastic Bag Manufacturer 10.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crayex Corporation 10.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Coastal Films of Florida 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR PEXCO PACKAGING CORPORATION 11.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rockwell Roofing, Inc 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Valley Photovoltaics Cooperative, Inc 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE MONSON-MA23 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE 855-NiSource-Westborough MA 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lowell General Hospital 2,314 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pathfinder 1,082 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lowell General Hospital Saints 741 FTE
CITY-NEAR Macom Technology Solutions 507 FTE
NAT-TCR TownePlace Suites Natomas 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Pioneer Masonry Restoration Company 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - MDT1 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR SCR Northern 10.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE City of St. Louis 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nagase Chemtex America Corp. 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookfield Residential Services LLC 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Al Fleming Inc 47 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. 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.