Pulp and paper (except groundwood, newsprint) combined manufacturing · Wisconsin

Flambeau River Papers, LLC.

Park Falls, WI · ~291 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Flambeau River Papers, LLC. runs at 271% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pulp and paper (except groundwood, newsprint) combined manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Flambeau River Papers, LLC.: 8.9 TCR = 271% of Pulp and paper (except groundwood, newsprint) combined manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Flambeau River Papers, LLC. safety composite

Flambeau River Papers, LLC. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

−5.7

2016→2017

Flambeau River Papers, LLC. injury rate improved

Flambeau River Papers, LLC.'s TCR fell 5.7 from 11.8 in 2016 to 6.1 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.8 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.8 · 2017=6.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322121 · Park Falls, WI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.9 · 271% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #40/41
  • PHOTO PaperPak LLC.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~291 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PaperPak LLC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Flambeau River Papers, LLC. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Flambeau River Papers, LLC. averages 8.9 TCR (271% of the Pulp and paper (except groundwood, newsprint) combined manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Flambeau River Papers, LLC. TCR series: 2016=11.8 · 2017=6.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Flambeau River Papers, LLC. falls in its industry

317 Pulp and paper (except groundw establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 41 Pulp and paper (except groundw employers in Wisconsin.

Flambeau River Papers, LLC. (291 employees, TCR 8.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 146 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Flambeau River Papers, LLC.
Flambeau River Papers, LLC. (291 employees, TCR 8.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 146 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Flambeau River Papers, LLC. has more employees than the Pulp and paper (except groundwood, newsp 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
2017 6.1 2.0 15 3 0
2016 11.8 3.8 22 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322121 · WI · Park Falls

317 Pulp and paper (except groundwood, newsprint) combined manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 14 employers in Park Falls, WI · 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 PaperPak LLC. 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pine Bluff 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Holland Mfg. Co 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Willamette Falls Paper Company 9.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Henkel Corporation - Prescott WI 291 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2765 - Madison Hilldale 291 FTE
STATE-SIZE Administrative 4499 291 FTE
STATE-SIZE Green Bay Central Office 292 FTE
CITY-NEAR flambeau hospital 203 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Croix of Park Falls, LTD 193 FTE
CITY-NEAR Weather Shield Mfg Inc.--- Park Falls Plant 15 181 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aeon Inc. 162 FTE
NAT-TCR Hilton Garden Inn Monterey 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Pig 'N Pancake - Seaside 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Goldstein & Burton dba Nu Products Seasoning Co. 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR #637 Belmar Shoprite 8.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Carrollton ConAgra Foods Refrigerated dough 291 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pistachio Plant 291 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goodrich ES - Atlantic Inertial Systems 291 FTE
NAT-SIZE Philips 801 Plum 291 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: 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.