Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · Massachusetts

Ecological Fibers, Inc.

Lunenburg, MA · ~77 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ecological Fibers, Inc. runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Ecological Fibers, Inc.: 3.0 TCR = 92% of Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ecological Fibers, Inc. safety composite

Ecological Fibers, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−6.2

2017→2024

Ecological Fibers, Inc. injury rate improved

Ecological Fibers, Inc.'s TCR fell 6.2 from 8.7 in 2017 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.7 · 2020=1.5 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322220 · Lunenburg, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 92% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #10/18
  • PHOTO Budnick Headquarters
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Budnick Headquarters (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ecological Fibers, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ecological Fibers, Inc. averages 3.0 TCR (92% 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

Ecological Fibers, Inc. TCR series: 2017=8.7 · 2020=1.5 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Ecological Fibers, Inc. falls in its industry

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 18 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat employers in Massachusetts.

Ecological Fibers, Inc. (77 employees, TCR 3.0) 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 Ecological Fibers, Inc.
Ecological Fibers, Inc. (77 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Ecological Fibers, Inc. 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
2024 2.5 2.5 2 0 0
2023 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2022 1.3 0.0 1 0 0
2020 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2017 8.7 1.8 2 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322220 · MA · Lunenburg

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 10 employers in Lunenburg, 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 Budnick Headquarters 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 33 Hickory Tape 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Leavenworth Production Center 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tulsa (formerly Tulsack Inc.) 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE The Richmond Group Main Office 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chapman Construction/Design 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE G.V.W., Inc. 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5001 - Avon, MA 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR P.J. Keating Company-Lunenburg 191 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2118 191 FTE
CITY-NEAR 08388 - Store # 8388 Lunenburg 181 FTE
CITY-NEAR 8388 165 FTE
NAT-TCR New Holland Brewing Pub on 8th 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR tkSCS Belvidere 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 3701 - Packoutz North America, LLC 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR SNE 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wadesboro Health & Rehab 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Walters & Wolf Curtain Wall 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arc Broward- BARC 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE JLL Genentech Vacaville 77 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2017. 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.