Uncoated groundwood paper mills · New York
Flower City Tissue Mills Company Inc.
ROCHESTER, NY · ~59 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Flower City Tissue Mills Company Inc. runs at 86% of its industry's injury rate — about level with the typical Uncoated groundwood paper mills workplace — earning a grade C.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.8
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 10
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Flower City Tissue Mills Company Inc.'s OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 7 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024).
Injury rate over time
Flower City Tissue Mills Company Inc.'s yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Total Case Rate (recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers), OSHA ITA Form 300A. Industry benchmark: BLS IIF, NAICS 322120.
Where Flower City Tissue Mills Company Inc. falls in its industry
28 Uncoated groundwood paper mill establishmentsSafer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.
Flower City Tissue Mills Company Inc. has an average TCR of 2.8, which is 86% of the industry average (3.3) for Uncoated groundwood paper mills. This is better than average.
Safety Insights for Flower City Tissue Mills Company Inc.
Flower City Tissue Mills Company Inc. operates an establishment with approximately 59 full-time equivalent workers in ROCHESTER, NY, classified under the Uncoated groundwood paper mills industry (NAICS 322120). Across 7 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 10 recordable injuries, 1 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 2.8 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the C letter grade (Average Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 3.3 for Uncoated groundwood paper mills, Flower City Tissue Mills Company Inc.'s workforce experiences 86% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR below the benchmark signals that controls, training, or automation may be outperforming peers.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 7 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Flower City Tissue Mills Company Inc. as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Flower City Tissue Mills Company Inc.'s own 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 322120 — Uncoated groundwood paper mills.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2024)
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 ÷ 115,971 hours worked = 1.72 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Flower City Tissue Mills Company Inc. (this establishment) | 2.84 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 7-year avg |
| Paper manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 322120 |
| New York state avg (all industries) | 4.67 | 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 Flower City Tissue Mills Company Inc. 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.
- 2024: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 6 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 1 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10.5 | 7.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 94.7 | 94.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Flower City Tissue Mills Company Inc.'s reported OSHA injury record — strong versus its Uncoated groundwood paper mills peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 86% of the Uncoated groundwood paper mills benchmark, Flower City Tissue Mills Company Inc. 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 Uncoated groundwood 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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