Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · Texas

Esco Laminating - Texas, Inc.

Waco, TX · ~22 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Esco Laminating - Texas, Inc. runs at 171% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Esco Laminating - Texas, Inc.: 5.6 TCR = 171% of Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Esco Laminating - Texas, Inc. safety composite

Esco Laminating - Texas, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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

−4.2

2016→2022

Esco Laminating - Texas, Inc. injury rate improved

Esco Laminating - Texas, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.2 from 13.0 in 2016 to 8.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 13.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.0 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=9.2 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=8.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322220 · Waco, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 171% of ind

  • DART 8.7 DART
  • RANK #15/17
  • PHOTO American Biltrite - …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: American Biltrite - Moorestown, NJ (0.0 TCR gap)

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Esco Laminating - Texas, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Esco Laminating - Texas, Inc. averages 5.6 TCR (171% 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

Esco Laminating - Texas, Inc. TCR series: 2016=13 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=9.2 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=8.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Esco Laminating - Texas, Inc. falls in its industry

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 17 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat employers in Texas.

Esco Laminating - Texas, Inc. (22 employees, TCR 5.6) 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 Esco Laminating - Texas, Inc.
Esco Laminating - Texas, Inc. (22 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Esco Laminating - Texas, 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
2022 8.7 8.7 2 0 0
2021 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2020 9.2 4.6 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 4.1 4.1 1 0 0
2016 13.0 13.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322220 · TX · Waco

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 314 employers in Waco, TX · 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 American Biltrite - Moorestown, NJ 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Neenah 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sealed Air 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midland 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Matador Ranch 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wheeler Land & Livestock, LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Diamond B Feedyard, LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Luckey Custom Feedlot, Inc. 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Hillcrest 1,512 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - AUS3 1,468 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-TXWAC1 1,407 FTE
CITY-NEAR L3Harris AS IAS Waco 1,400 FTE
NAT-TCR king's monument co., inc. 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mesa View Regional Hospital 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Tops #369 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Merced Womens 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE GA - Montreal Rd 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE High Efficiency Solutions, Inc 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Regal Supply Company 22 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, 2019, 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.