Paper (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) manufacturing · Michigan

French Paper LLC

Niles, MI · ~70 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

French Paper LLC runs at 161% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Paper (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

French Paper LLC: 5.3 TCR = 161% of Paper (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

French Paper LLC safety composite

French Paper LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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%).

Rising injury rate

French Paper LLC: 3.1 → 7.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 7.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.57× in 2024

French Paper LLC's TCR rose 4.5 from 3.1 in 2023 to 7.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322121 · Niles, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 161% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #5/6
  • PHOTO BPM, Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BPM, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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French Paper LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows French Paper LLC averages 5.3 TCR (161% of the Paper (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

French Paper LLC TCR series: 2023=3.1 · 2024=7.6 · BLS 3.3

Where French Paper LLC falls in its industry

317 Paper (except newsprint, uncoa establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Paper (except newsprint, uncoa employers in Michigan.

French Paper LLC (70 employees, TCR 5.3) 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 French Paper LLC
French Paper LLC (70 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 146 employees and a TCR of 2.2

French Paper LLC has fewer employees than the Paper (except newsprint, uncoated ground 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
2024 7.6 3.0 5 0 0
2023 3.1 1.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322121 · MI · Niles

317 Paper (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 68 employers in Niles, MI · 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 BPM, Inc. 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Morart Mill 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sealed Air Corp - Modena 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Weidmann Electrical Technology Inc-Urbana 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Trail Street 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Christman Company - West Michigan 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Retail Contractors of Puerto Rico Inc 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Earthcom, Inc. 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakeland Hospital Niles 420 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2010 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakeland Hospital - Niles 331 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2010 331 FTE
NAT-TCR Pickers 1 LLC 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Birch Creek Farm 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR EB Nine Mile Creek 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Bimeda Le Sueur 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tnlaw - Lawrenceburg 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kydan - Danville 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kysta - Stanton Center 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kypik - Pikeville 70 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. 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.