Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · Kentucky

Florence Novolex Plant

Florence, KY · ~488 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Florence Novolex Plant runs at 42% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Florence Novolex Plant: 1.4 TCR = 42% of Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Florence Novolex Plant safety composite

Florence Novolex Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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

−1.1

2021→2024

Florence Novolex Plant injury rate improved

Florence Novolex Plant's TCR fell 1.1 from 1.9 in 2021 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 1.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=1.9 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322220 · Florence, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 42% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #5/8
  • PHOTO Beaverton
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~488 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Beaverton (0.0 TCR gap)

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Florence Novolex Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Florence Novolex Plant averages 1.4 TCR (42% 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

Florence Novolex Plant TCR series: 2021=1.9 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Florence Novolex Plant falls in its industry

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 8 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat employers in Kentucky.

Florence Novolex Plant (488 employees, TCR 1.4) 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 Florence Novolex Plant
Florence Novolex Plant (488 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Florence Novolex Plant has more employees than the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper M median and a lower 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
2024 0.8 0.8 5 0 0
2023 1.4 1.3 9 0 0
2022 1.3 0.9 7 0 0
2021 1.9 1.8 8 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322220 · KY · Florence

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 181 employers in Florence, KY · 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 Beaverton 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Caldwell 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mondi Akrosil 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Richwood Novolex Plant 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Carl Zeiss Vision Inc. 486 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rev-A-Shelf, LLC 486 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nucor Steel Gallatin 491 FTE
STATE-SIZE DC 0499 485 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Elizabeth Healthcare Florence 826 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jabil CVG 795 FTE
CITY-NEAR Robert Bosch Automotive Steering, LLC 687 FTE
CITY-NEAR AS - Automotive Steering 651 FTE
NAT-TCR Chick Machine Company, LLC 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Lufkin Svc Ctr 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR The Scotts Company - Lebanon 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Amarillo TX Yard 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - MCI7 488 FTE
NAT-SIZE Voyant Beauty Holmdel 488 FTE
NAT-SIZE SHH - 123 Andover 488 FTE
NAT-SIZE Live! Casino Pittsburgh 488 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.