Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing · Massachusetts

Garlock Printing and Converting

Name: Garlock Printing and Converting Workplace Safety Data
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Gardner, MA · ~166 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Garlock Printing and Converting runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Garlock Printing and Converting: 2.8 TCR = 85% of Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Garlock Printing and Converting safety composite

Garlock Printing and Converting scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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 2.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Garlock Printing and Converting: 0.0 → 5.6 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 5.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.11× in 2019

Garlock Printing and Converting's TCR rose 5.6 from 0.0 in 2018 to 5.6 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326112 · Gardner, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 85% of ind

DART 3.1 DART
RANK #9/15
PHOTO Amcor Flexibles Ashe…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~166 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Amcor Flexibles Asheville (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Garlock Printing and Converting averages 2.8 TCR (85% of the Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Garlock Printing and Converting TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=5.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Garlock Printing and Converting falls in its industry

396 Flexible packaging, plastics f establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 15 Flexible packaging, plastics f employers in Massachusetts.

Garlock Printing and Converting (166 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 90 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Garlock Printing and Converting has more employees than the Flexible packaging, plastics film, manuf median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2019	5.6	3.1	9	0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326112 · MA · Gardner

396 Flexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 37 employers in Gardner, 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	Amcor Flexibles Asheville	ASHEVILLE, NC	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fisher Container Holdings, LLC.	MISSION, KS	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fitesa Indiana LLC	TERRE HAUTE, IN	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Transcontinental Packaging Griffin	GRIFFIN, GA	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Shawnlee Construction	PLAINVILLE	166 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lowell, MA (Boston Office)	LOWELL	166 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bay State Milling - Quincy/Corporate/Remote	QUINCY	166 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Fantini Bakery	HAVERHILL	166 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Heywood Hospital	Gardner	1,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 2155	Gardner	297 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2155	Gardner	258 FTE
CITY-NEAR	GVNA HealthCare Inc	Gardner	167 FTE
NAT-TCR	Pompano Ready Mix	Pompano Beach, FL	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Subsurface Main	Saint Louis, MO	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	A Small Miracle -Charlotte	Charlotte, NC	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Atlas Holdings	Paxinos, PA	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Tonawanda Facility	Tonawanda, NY	166 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Covanta Honolulu Resource Recovery Venture, LLC	Kapolei, HI	166 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1855-OKTUL07	Tulsa, OK	166 FTE
NAT-SIZE	SILVERDALE	Chattanooga, TN	166 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: 2019, 2018. 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.