Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) · Michigan
BiOrigin Specialty Products
Menominee, MI · ~90 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
BiOrigin Specialty Products runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) workplace, earning a grade D.
BiOrigin Specialty Products: 5.1 TCR = 155% of Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
BiOrigin Specialty Products safety composite
BiOrigin Specialty Products scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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).
24/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.12 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.76 per 100 workers
Safer than 12% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
BiOrigin Specialty Products: 1.0 → 4.8 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 9.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.93× in 2024
BiOrigin Specialty Products's TCR rose 3.7 from 1.0 in 2022 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 9.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.93× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322121 · Menominee, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 155% of ind
- DART 4.8 DART
- RANK #4/6
- PHOTO Lyonsdale Mill
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~90 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lyonsdale Mill (0.0 TCR gap)
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BiOrigin Specialty Products in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Schweitzer-Mau
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.
5.2 TCR
- This site
BiOrigin Specialty Products
5.1 TCR
- Lyonsdale Mill
Lyonsdale Mill
5.1 TCR
- Morcon Tissue
Morcon Tissue
5 TCR
- Channeled Reso
Channeled Resources GRoup
5 TCR
What this shows BiOrigin Specialty Products averages 5.1 TCR (155% of the Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) BLS benchmark).
BiOrigin Specialty Products TCR series: 2022=1 · 2023=9.6 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 3.3
Where BiOrigin Specialty Products falls in its industry
317 Paper mills (except newsprint, establishmentsSafer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Paper mills (except newsprint, employers in Michigan.
BiOrigin Specialty Products has fewer employees than the Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9.6 | 2.4 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322121 · MI · Menominee
317 Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 22 employers in Menominee, MI · 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 | Lyonsdale Mill | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Morcon Tissue | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Channeled Resources GRoup | 5.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Burgess Concrete Construction, Inc | 90 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 6663_15443 | 90 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Welch Foods Inc. Lawton | 90 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Head Quarters | 90 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Caterpillar Fluid Transfer Solutions - Menominee | 446 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | L.E. Jones Company | 420 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Anchor Coupling Menominee | 395 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Enstrom Helicopter Corporation | 125 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Mowil - Willow Springs | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mdhag - Hagerstown | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pilgrims Plant | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Northfield Automotive Inc | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Mober - St Louis Air Gateway | 90 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Msmer - Meridian | 90 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wibar - Lake Delton | 90 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Txgra - Granbury | 90 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.