Manuf of paper (except newsprint) · Massachusetts

Holyoke- Paper - B353

Name: Holyoke- Paper - B353 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Holyoke, MA · ~66 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Holyoke- Paper - B353 runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Manuf of paper (except newsprint) workplace, earning a grade C.

Holyoke- Paper - B353: 2.9 TCR = 88% of Manuf of paper (except newsprint) BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Holyoke- Paper - B353 safety composite

Holyoke- Paper - B353 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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).

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% 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

Holyoke- Paper - B353: 1.5 → 4.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2018

Holyoke- Paper - B353's TCR rose 2.8 from 1.5 in 2017 to 4.3 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322121 · Holyoke, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 88% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #5/13
PHOTO Hopewell Mill
BOOK 2y book
INJ 0 inj
SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hopewell Mill (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.9
Hopewell Mill

2.9
Ox Engineered

2.9
Greif Austell

2.8
McKinley Paper

2.8

What this shows Holyoke- Paper - B353 averages 2.9 TCR (88% of the Manuf of paper (except newsprint) BLS benchmark).

Holyoke- Paper - B353 TCR series: 2017=1.5 · 2018=4.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Holyoke- Paper - B353 falls in its industry

317 Manuf of paper (except newspri establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 13 Manuf of paper (except newspri employers in Massachusetts.

Holyoke- Paper - B353 (66 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 146 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Holyoke- Paper - B353 has fewer employees than the Manuf of paper (except newsprint) 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
2018	4.3	0.0	0	3	0
2017	1.5	0.0	0	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322121 · MA · Holyoke

317 Manuf of paper (except newsprint) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 92 employers in Holyoke, 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	Hopewell Mill	HOPEWELL, VA	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ox Engineered Products	CHICAGO, IL	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Greif Austell Mill 1	AUSTELL, GA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	McKinley Paper	PREWITT, NM	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	A&M Roofing Services, LLC	ANDOVER	66 FTE
STATE-SIZE	New England electrical contracting corp	KINGSTON	66 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BT Auburndale	AUBURNDALE	66 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Main Office-Main	ROCKLAND	66 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Holyoke Medical Center	Holyoke	1,405 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ISO New England Inc.	Holyoke	610 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AMZL : DBO7	Holyoke	459 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Providence Behavioral Hlth Hosp	Holyoke	335 FTE
NAT-TCR	Flint St. Plant	Lincolnton, NC	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Communications Specialists, Inc.	Mechanisville, VA	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Front Royal (Vafrl)	Front Royal, VA	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Somerset (Kysom)	Somerset, KY	2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Legends - Walnut Creek	Raleigh, NC	66 FTE
NAT-SIZE	VC047 - VCI - Las Vegas	Las Vegas, NV	66 FTE
NAT-SIZE	InfuScience, Inc. - Chantilly, VA 2410	Chantilly, VA	66 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ANRAL - Raleigh- NC	Garner, NC	66 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: 2018, 2017. 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.