Paper towels made in paper mills · Ohio
Essity Operations Wausau, LLC.
Middletown, OH · ~135 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Essity Operations Wausau, LLC. runs at 94% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Paper towels made in paper mills workplace, earning a grade C.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.1
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 28
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Essity Operations Wausau, LLC.'s OSHA Total Case Rate of 3.1 to the Paper towels made in paper mills BLS benchmark of 3.3 (94% of benchmark) across 6 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Essity Operations Wausau, LLC.'s yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Essity Operations Wausau, LLC. falls in its industry
327 Paper towels made in paper mil establishmentsSafer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 21 Paper towels made in paper mil employers in Ohio.
Trend analysis for Essity Operations Wausau, LLC.
Between 2018 and 2023, Essity Operations Wausau, LLC.'s Total Case Rate improved from 5.4 to 1.3 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 76% decrease across 5 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2023, at a TCR of 1.3, while 2018 saw the highest rate, at 5.4, a spread of 4.1 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 6 reporting years, Essity Operations Wausau, LLC. recorded 28 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 6-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 28 injuries, 1 illnesses shown on this page for Essity Operations Wausau, LLC. are sourced from its own 6 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 322121 - Paper towels made in paper mills.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2023)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 301,949 hours worked = 0.66 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Essity Operations Wausau, LLC. (this establishment) | 3.11 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 6-year avg |
| Paper (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 322121 |
| Ohio state avg (all industries) | 3.90 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Essity Operations Wausau, LLC. to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2023: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 7 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 10 reportable incidents · 10 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Essity Operations Wausau, LLC.'s reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Paper towels made in paper mills peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 94% of the Paper towels made in paper mills benchmark, Essity Operations Wausau, LLC. reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Paper towels made in paper mills sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.