Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · Kentucky

Duro Bag - Walton

Walton, KY · ~299 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Duro Bag - Walton runs at 30% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Duro Bag - Walton: 1.0 TCR = 30% of Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Duro Bag - Walton safety composite

Duro Bag - Walton scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.3

2016→2019

Duro Bag - Walton injury rate improved

Duro Bag - Walton's TCR fell 1.3 from 1.6 in 2016 to 0.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 947.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.6 · 2018=947.9 · 2019=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322220 · Walton, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 30% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/8
  • PHOTO RLG - Cellotape
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~299 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RLG - Cellotape (0.0 TCR gap)

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Duro Bag - Walton in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Duro Bag - Walton averages 1.0 TCR (30% of the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Duro Bag - Walton TCR series: 2016=1.6 · 2018=947.9 · 2019=0.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Duro Bag - Walton falls in its industry

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat employers in Kentucky.

Duro Bag - Walton (299 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Duro Bag - Walton
Duro Bag - Walton (299 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Duro Bag - Walton has more employees than the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper M median and a lower 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
2019 0.3 0.0 1 0 0
2018 947.9 947.9 3 0 0
2016 1.6 1.6 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322220 · KY · Walton

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 50 employers in Walton, KY · 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 RLG - Cellotape 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Appvion Operations Appleton, WI 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 27 Catawba 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR International Converter - Caldwell 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2904-SAS-KY 299 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 584 299 FTE
STATE-SIZE 014-00409 299 FTE
STATE-SIZE Middlesboro ARH Hospital 299 FTE
CITY-NEAR KYWON - RICHWOOD 876 FTE
CITY-NEAR Richwood #2 460 FTE
CITY-NEAR Radial Richwood #1 404 FTE
CITY-NEAR Safran Landing Systems Kentucky LLC 322 FTE
NAT-TCR Alorica Business Solution 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR TX-MID 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Best Western Eau Claire 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Nestle DeKalb 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Houston Operations (HNO) 299 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plant 5 299 FTE
NAT-SIZE RGL 299 FTE
NAT-SIZE DI - Navy Test Wing Pacific - China Lake 299 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: 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.