Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · Massachusetts
Ideal Tape Company
Lowell, MA · ~64 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ideal Tape Company runs at 103% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Ideal Tape Company: 3.4 TCR = 103% of Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ideal Tape Company safety composite
Ideal Tape Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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).
35/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.4 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.65 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% 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
Ideal Tape Company: 3.0 → 3.6 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.07× in 2023
Ideal Tape Company's TCR rose 0.7 from 3.0 in 2017 to 3.6 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322220 · Lowell, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 103% of ind
- DART 3.6 DART
- RANK #11/18
- PHOTO Arclin Surfaces - Ta…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~64 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Arclin Surfaces - Tacoma (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ideal Tape Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Ideal Tape Company
3.4 TCR
- Arclin Surface
Arclin Surfaces - Tacoma
3.4 TCR
- UPM Raflatac F
UPM Raflatac Fletcher
3.4 TCR
- Suffolk (forme
Suffolk (formerly Vitex Packaging)
3.4 TCR
- Bomarko, Inc.
Bomarko, Inc.
3.4 TCR
What this shows Ideal Tape Company averages 3.4 TCR (103% of the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Ideal Tape Company TCR series: 2017=3 · 2021=3.6 · 2023=3.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Ideal Tape Company falls in its industry
349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat establishmentsSafer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 18 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat employers in Massachusetts.
Ideal Tape Company has fewer employees than the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper M median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322220 · MA · Lowell
349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 81 employers in Lowell, 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 | Arclin Surfaces - Tacoma | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | UPM Raflatac Fletcher | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Suffolk (formerly Vitex Packaging) | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bomarko, Inc. | 3.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | System 7 Wolfers, Inc.-Beverly Office | 64 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | kleeberg Mechanical Services LLC | 64 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | William F. Lynch Co., Inc. | 64 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Industrial Transfer & Storage, Inc. | 64 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lowell General Hospital | 2,314 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pathfinder | 1,082 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lowell General Hospital Saints | 741 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Macom Technology Solutions | 507 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Watterson Excavating Inc | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | AMF Electrical Contractors, Inc. | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Angies Construction Services, Inc | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hillside | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 5075 U of L Mary and Elizabeth Hospital | 64 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Laredo Service Center | 64 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Fort Myers Corporate | 64 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | C.L. Linfoot Comapny | 64 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.