Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) · Massachusetts

East Walpole Mill

East Walpole, MA · ~49 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

East Walpole Mill runs at 188% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) workplace, earning a grade D.

East Walpole Mill: 6.2 TCR = 188% of Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

East Walpole Mill safety composite

East Walpole Mill scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.7

2016→2018

East Walpole Mill injury rate improved

East Walpole Mill's TCR fell 1.7 from 6.9 in 2016 to 5.2 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.9 · 2017=6.5 · 2018=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322121 · East Walpole, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 188% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #9/13
  • PHOTO Frenchtown RTS Packa…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Frenchtown RTS Packaging - F422 (0.0 TCR gap)

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East Walpole Mill in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows East Walpole Mill averages 6.2 TCR (188% of the Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) BLS benchmark).

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

East Walpole Mill TCR series: 2016=6.9 · 2017=6.5 · 2018=5.2 · BLS 3.3

Where East Walpole Mill falls in its industry

317 Paper mills (except newsprint, establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 13 Paper mills (except newsprint, employers in Massachusetts.

East Walpole Mill (49 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 146 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate East Walpole Mill
East Walpole Mill (49 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 146 employees and a TCR of 2.2

East Walpole Mill 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
2018 5.2 2.6 4 0 0
2017 6.5 3.3 4 0 0
2016 6.9 6.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322121 · MA · East Walpole

317 Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 5 employers in East Walpole, 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 Frenchtown RTS Packaging - F422 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cheney Dynos, Inc 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Little Rapids Corporation - Shawano Mill 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR East Walpole 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE G&F Precision Molding INC 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main Office 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE TANGO CONSTRCTION, INC. 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nashoba Air Inc. 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR Walpole Site 908 FTE
CITY-NEAR 539 - Walpole 130 FTE
CITY-NEAR 539 Walpole 80 FTE
NAT-TCR Pennsylvania Truck Centers, Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Mykawa (Txmyk) 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Cranberry Twp PA 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR TMB 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rome Business Office - 800 Broad St. Rome 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5257 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Perfection 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE TUL - Airport United Airlines Offices 49 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, 2017, 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.