Manuf of paper except newsprint · Massachusetts

Holyoke Paper - B353

Holyoke, MA · ~79 workers · 5 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

Holyoke Paper - B353 runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Manuf of paper except newsprint workplace, earning a grade A.

Holyoke Paper - B353: 1.4 TCR = 41% of Manuf of paper except newsprint BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Holyoke Paper - B353 safety composite

Holyoke Paper - B353 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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).

D

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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: 0.0 → 2.7 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 2.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.99× in 2024

Holyoke Paper - B353's TCR rose 2.7 from 0.0 in 2019 to 2.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 2.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 41% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #3/13
  • PHOTO DePere, WI - Paper -…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~79 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DePere, WI - Paper - B281 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Holyoke Paper - B353 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Holyoke Paper - B353 averages 1.4 TCR (41% of the Manuf of paper except newsprint BLS benchmark).

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

Holyoke Paper - B353 TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.7 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Holyoke Paper - B353 falls in its industry

317 Manuf of paper except newsprin establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 13 Manuf of paper except newsprin employers in Massachusetts.

Holyoke Paper - B353 (79 employees, TCR 1.4) 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 Holyoke Paper - B353
Holyoke Paper - B353 (79 employees, TCR 1.4) 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 lower 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 2.7 2.7 2 0 0
2023 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2021 2.7 1.4 1 1 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR DePere, WI - Paper - B281 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Procter and Gamble Mehoopany 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kimberly-Clark Corporation 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kimberly-Clark Corporation 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Medical Area Total Energy Plant, LLC. 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE NE DISTRIB CENTER (SUTTON)-MA25 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMESBURY-MA02 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1800 79 FTE
CITY-NEAR Holyoke Medical Center 1,405 FTE
CITY-NEAR ISO New England Inc. 610 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DBO7 459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Providence Behavioral Hlth Hosp 335 FTE
NAT-TCR 3204 - St. Paul Highland Park 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Cannon USA Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 85 Davids 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Feralloy Gallatin Division, Loc'n 1112 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE CareCore at Lima 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kiekert USA, Inc (R&D Location) 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Robles 1, LLC 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crew Point Logistics LLC 79 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, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.