Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard · Michigan

Cascade Paper Converters

Grand Rapids, MI · ~26 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cascade Paper Converters runs at 238% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard workplace, earning a grade F.

Cascade Paper Converters: 7.8 TCR = 238% of Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cascade Paper Converters safety composite

Cascade Paper Converters scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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

−1.4

2016→2022

Cascade Paper Converters injury rate improved

Cascade Paper Converters's TCR fell 1.4 from 8.5 in 2016 to 7.1 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.5 · 2017=7.9 · 2018=9.0 · 2020=7.4 · 2021=7.2 · 2022=7.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322219 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.8 · 238% of ind

  • DART 7.1 DART
  • RANK #7/7
  • PHOTO Yazoo Mills, Inc. Pl…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Yazoo Mills, Inc. Plant 2 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cascade Paper Converters in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cascade Paper Converters averages 7.8 TCR (238% of the Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard BLS benchmark).

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

Cascade Paper Converters TCR series: 2016=8.5 · 2017=7.9 · 2018=9 · 2020=7.4 · 2021=7.2 · 2022=7.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Cascade Paper Converters falls in its industry

140 Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfib establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfib employers in Michigan.

Cascade Paper Converters (26 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 Cascade Paper Converters
Cascade Paper Converters (26 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Cascade Paper Converters has fewer employees than the Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2022 7.1 7.1 2 0 0
2021 7.2 7.2 2 0 0
2020 7.4 3.7 2 0 0
2018 9.0 9.0 3 0 0
2017 7.9 3.9 2 0 0
2016 8.5 4.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322219 · MI · Grand Rapids

140 Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 1,006 employers in Grand Rapids, 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 Yazoo Mills, Inc. Plant 2 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Easton Fiber 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yazoo Mills, Inc. 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Michigan City Paper Box Woodland Location 7.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Walther Farms Cass City 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE United States Gypsum 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Genesee Power Station 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bronson SC 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA 9,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR SH Butterworth Hospital 7,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood 2,817 FTE
NAT-TCR D.P. Sawyer, Inc. 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Alliance Plumbing 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 6458-ZEUR 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Buck Roofing & Construction, LLC. 7.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fiberglas Fabricators Inc 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE TAMU Starbucks Corps 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Schreiner Univ 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bbb 14000 26 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 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.