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.
Essity Operations Wausau, LLC.: 3.1 TCR = 94% of Paper towels made in paper mills BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Essity Operations Wausau, LLC. safety composite
Essity Operations Wausau, LLC. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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).
50/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.66 per 100 workers
Safer than 67% 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
−4.1
2018→2023
Essity Operations Wausau, LLC. injury rate improved
Essity Operations Wausau, LLC.'s TCR fell 4.1 from 5.4 in 2018 to 1.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=5.4 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=3.0 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=1.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322121 · Middletown, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 94% of ind
- DART 0.7 DART
- RANK #14/21
- PHOTO Finch Paper
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 28 inj
- SIZE ~135 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Finch Paper (0.1 TCR gap)
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Essity Operations Wausau, LLC. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Finch Paper
Finch Paper
3.2 TCR
- Essity Profess
Essity Professional Hygiene
3.2 TCR
- Chattanooga Mi
Chattanooga Mill
3.2 TCR
- This site
Essity Operations Wausau, LLC.
3.1 TCR
- Five Star Shee
Five Star Sheets, LLC.
3 TCR
What this shows Essity Operations Wausau, LLC. averages 3.1 TCR (94% of the Paper towels made in paper mills BLS benchmark).
Essity Operations Wausau, LLC. TCR series: 2018=5.4 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=3 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=1.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Essity Operations Wausau, LLC. falls in its industry
317 Paper towels made in paper mil establishmentsSafer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.
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.
Essity Operations Wausau, LLC. has fewer employees than the Paper towels made in paper mills 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322121 · OH · Middletown
317 Paper towels made in paper mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 125 employers in Middletown, OH · 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 | Finch Paper | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Essity Professional Hygiene | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Chattanooga Mill | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Five Star Sheets, LLC. | 3.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Acorn Farms - Sparta | 135 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Strawser Central Construction | 135 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Legacy Roofing Services, LLC | 135 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ohio Valley Electrical Services | 135 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp. Middletown Works | 2,339 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AK Steel - Middletown Works | 2,288 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 870 - EFC1 Monroe, OH | 1,629 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Atrium Medical Center | 1,345 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Johnstown #012 | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Advantage Tank Lines 20054 Somerset | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CAMARY-AEG-MARYSVILLE | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | BAL Baltimore | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 4223-M1300 | 135 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 4223-M3600 | 135 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 36 Highland Tape | 135 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Poly-Med, Inc. | 135 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.