Boxes, folding (except corrugated), made from purchased paperboard · Massachusetts
Boutwell Packaging Inc
Fitchburg, MA · ~86 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Boutwell Packaging Inc runs at 148% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Boxes, folding (except corrugated), made from purchased paperboard workplace, earning a grade D.
Boutwell Packaging Inc: 4.9 TCR = 148% of Boxes, folding (except corrugated), made from purchased paperboard BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Boutwell Packaging Inc safety composite
Boutwell Packaging Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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 4.87 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.77 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% 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%).
Boutwell Packaging Inc held a steady TCR band
Boutwell Packaging Inc's TCR held near 0.2 from 4.8 in 2022 to 5.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=4.8 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=5.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322212 · Fitchburg, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 148% of ind
- DART 3.8 DART
- RANK #4/8
- PHOTO Colbert Packaging Co…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~86 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Colbert Packaging Corporation - Lake Forest (0.1 TCR gap)
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Boutwell Packaging Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Boutwell Packaging Inc
4.9 TCR
- Colbert Packag
Colbert Packaging Corporation - Lake Forest
4.8 TCR
- Royal Paper Bo
Royal Paper Box Co.
4.8 TCR
- HSM Packaging
HSM Packaging
4.7 TCR
- Thoro Packagin
Thoro Packaging
4.6 TCR
What this shows Boutwell Packaging Inc averages 4.9 TCR (148% of the Boxes, folding (except corrugated), made from purchased paperboard BLS benchmark).
Boutwell Packaging Inc TCR series: 2022=4.8 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=5 · BLS 3.3
Where Boutwell Packaging Inc falls in its industry
205 Boxes, folding (except corruga establishmentsSafer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Boxes, folding (except corruga employers in Massachusetts.
Boutwell Packaging Inc has fewer employees than the Boxes, folding (except corrugated), made 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 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322212 · MA · Fitchburg
205 Boxes, folding (except corrugated), made from purchased paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 46 employers in Fitchburg, 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 | Colbert Packaging Corporation - Lake Forest | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Royal Paper Box Co. | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | HSM Packaging | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Thoro Packaging | 4.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 871-NiSource-Springfield MA-Cust Op Ctr | 86 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | RRSC Boston | 86 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Milltown Plumbing & Heating, Inc. | 86 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Spence & Company | 86 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Market Basket #14 | 293 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WORKERS CREDIT UNION | 290 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The Arc of Opportunity in North Central Massachusetts | 250 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | the highlands | 236 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | IN-FAB Inc. | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wildcat Renovation LLC | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Surry-Yadkin Electric Membership Corporation | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TCI Myrtle Beach | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Algonquin Middle School | 86 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | deLacey Family Education Center | 86 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Weisser Distributing Inc | 86 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Flint Hills Resources - East Plant | 86 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.