Paperboard mills · Massachusetts

Fitchburg Paperboard

Name: Fitchburg Paperboard Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Fitchburg, MA · ~66 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Fitchburg Paperboard runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Paperboard mills workplace, earning a grade C.

Fitchburg Paperboard: 3.1 TCR = 93% of Paperboard mills BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fitchburg Paperboard safety composite

Fitchburg Paperboard scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Fitchburg Paperboard held a steady TCR band

Fitchburg Paperboard's TCR held near 0.3 from 3.8 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.8 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322130 · Fitchburg, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 93% of ind

DART 2.4 DART
RANK P35
PHOTO Evergreen Packaging …
BOOK 6y book
INJ 15 inj
SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Evergreen Packaging - Olmsted Falls (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Fitchburg Paperboard averages 3.1 TCR (93% of the Paperboard mills BLS benchmark).

Fitchburg Paperboard TCR series: 2016=3.8 · 2017=0 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=3.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Fitchburg Paperboard falls in its industry

181 Paperboard mills establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Fitchburg Paperboard (66 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Fitchburg Paperboard has fewer employees than the Paperboard mills median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2021	3.5	2.4	3
2020	4.8	4.8	4
2019	3.8	2.5	3
2018	2.4	2.4	2
2017	0.0	0.0	0
2016	3.8	2.5	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322130 · MA · Fitchburg

181 Paperboard mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 46 employers in Fitchburg, MA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Evergreen Packaging - Olmsted Falls	OLMSTED FALLS, OH	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Los Angeles Paper Box	LOS ANGELES, CA	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Tama Paperboard	TAMA, IA	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Pratt Industries (Robert Mann Packaging) LLC - Oxnard	OXNARD, CA	3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	A&M Roofing Services, LLC	ANDOVER	66 FTE
STATE-SIZE	New England electrical contracting corp	KINGSTON	66 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BT Auburndale	AUBURNDALE	66 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Main Office-Main	ROCKLAND	66 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Market Basket #14	Fitchburg	293 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WORKERS CREDIT UNION	Fitchburg	290 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The Arc of Opportunity in North Central Massachusetts	Fitchburg	250 FTE
CITY-NEAR	the highlands	Fitchburg	236 FTE
NAT-TCR	Dallas Plumbing Company	Dallas, TX	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Baker Interiors Furniture Company - High Point	High Point, NC	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tapio Construction	Vancouver, WA	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hilton Garden Inn W 35th Street	New York, NY	3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Multi-Color Corporation - Asheville	Weaverville, NC	66 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Asphalt Paving Overhead	Sundance, WY	66 FTE
NAT-SIZE	National Powerline	Glendale, AZ	66 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Fresh Markets 174	Alexandria, VA	66 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.