Paper making machinery manufacturing · Massachusetts

Kadant Solutions Divison

Auburn, MA · ~173 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kadant Solutions Divison runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Paper making machinery manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Kadant Solutions Divison: 1.9 TCR = 59% of Paper making machinery manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kadant Solutions Divison safety composite

Kadant Solutions Divison scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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).

C

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.1

2019→2022

Kadant Solutions Divison injury rate improved

Kadant Solutions Divison's TCR fell 2.1 from 4.2 in 2019 to 2.1 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.2 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333243 · Auburn, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 59% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #1/6
  • PHOTO Tri-State Envelope C…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~173 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tri-State Envelope Corp - Beltsville MD (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kadant Solutions Divison in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kadant Solutions Divison averages 1.9 TCR (59% of the Paper making machinery manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kadant Solutions Divison TCR series: 2019=4.2 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Kadant Solutions Divison falls in its industry

137 Paper making machinery manufac establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 6 Paper making machinery manufac employers in Massachusetts.

Kadant Solutions Divison (173 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Kadant Solutions Divison
Kadant Solutions Divison (173 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Kadant Solutions Divison has more employees than the Paper making machinery manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2022 2.1 2.1 3 0 0
2021 1.4 0.0 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.2 4.2 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333243 · MA · Auburn

137 Paper making machinery manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 78 employers in Auburn, 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 Tri-State Envelope Corp - Beltsville MD 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Paper Converting Machine Company- Glory Road 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR USNR Eugene 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Viking Engineering and Development 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1 Distribution Center Circle, Littleton Ma 01460 - Colonial Systems - corporate offices 173 FTE
STATE-SIZE Welch Foods Inc. 173 FTE
STATE-SIZE CPF, Inc. 173 FTE
STATE-SIZE EyePoint 173 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maestro-Connections VNA 1,002 FTE
CITY-NEAR R.H. White Companies 563 FTE
CITY-NEAR R.H. White Construction 444 FTE
CITY-NEAR Auburn Location #10 245 FTE
NAT-TCR Wheelabrator South Broward Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Holbein Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Mi-Sher Auto Supply, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Danville Plant 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tape Craft Corporation 173 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2967-PA146 173 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tech Data Swedesboro 173 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2073-SW-20730092-CS 173 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.