Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · Tennessee

Cantech Industries

Name: Cantech Industries Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Johnson City, TN · ~72 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Cantech Industries runs at 208% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Cantech Industries: 6.9 TCR = 208% of Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cantech Industries safety composite

Cantech Industries scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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).

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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%).

Cantech Industries held a steady TCR band

Cantech Industries's TCR held near 0.0 from 6.8 in 2016 to 6.9 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.8 · 2018=6.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322220 · Johnson City, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 208% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #7/7
PHOTO Print-O-Tape, Inc.
BOOK 2y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Print-O-Tape, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Clear Cast Tec

7.1
This site

6.9
Print-O-Tape,

6.9
A Group Inc db

6.8
California coa

6.7

What this shows Cantech Industries averages 6.9 TCR (208% of the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Cantech Industries TCR series: 2016=6.8 · 2018=6.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Cantech Industries falls in its industry

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat employers in Tennessee.

Cantech Industries (72 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Cantech Industries 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
2018	6.9	0.0	3	2	0
2016	6.8	1.7	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322220 · TN · Johnson City

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 177 employers in Johnson City, TN · 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	Print-O-Tape, Inc.	MUNDELEIN, IL	6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	A Group Inc dba MPI Release	GREENFIELD, IN	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Clear Cast Technologies, Inc.	OSSINING, NY	7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	California coated products division	REDLANDS, CA	6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Middle Tennessee Electric (Wilson County Office)	LEBANON	72 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Greater Dickson Gas Authority	DICKSON	72 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Tennessee	FRANKLIN	72 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Concrete Systems Company, LLC	JACKSON	72 FTE
CITY-NEAR	East Tennessee State University	Johnson City	4,802 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Johnson City Medical Center	Johnson City	2,099 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ballad Health	Johnson City	1,586 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mountain States Health Alliance	Johnson City	1,033 FTE
NAT-TCR	Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Virginia, LLC	Salem, VA	6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Peapod S&S Farmingdale, Ny	Farmingdale, NY	6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Armstrong Services DBA Legend Oaks Northwest Houston	Houston, TX	6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	HouseWorks, LLC	Newton, MA	6.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Avante at Thomasville	Thomasville, NC	72 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Legends - Xfinity Theatre	Hartford, CT	72 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Legends - Winston-Salem Dash	Winston-Salem, NC	72 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Corporate Office & Louisville Branch	Louisville, KY	72 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: 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.