Cards, die-cut (except office supply) made from purchased paper or paperboard · Pennsylvania
Laminations East
Allentown, PA · ~53 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Laminations East runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cards, die-cut (except office supply) made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade D.
Laminations East: 5.2 TCR = 158% of Cards, die-cut (except office supply) made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Laminations East safety composite
Laminations East scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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).
24/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.21 per 100 workers
Safer than 26% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 9.05 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% 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
Laminations East: 1.9 → 9.1 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 13.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.74× in 2024
Laminations East's TCR rose 7.2 from 1.9 in 2016 to 9.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 13.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322299 · Allentown, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 158% of ind
- DART 9.1 DART
- RANK #14/20
- PHOTO 6055 Merced RTS
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 24 inj
- SIZE ~53 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 6055 Merced RTS (0.1 TCR gap)
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Laminations East in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Fleenor paper
Fleenor paper Company
5.3 TCR
- N A L Company
N A L Company Inc.
5.3 TCR
- This site
Laminations East
5.2 TCR
- 6055 Merced RT
6055 Merced RTS
5.2 TCR
- Laminations No
Laminations Northwest
5.1 TCR
What this shows Laminations East averages 5.2 TCR (158% of the Cards, die-cut (except office supply) made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS benchmark).
Laminations East TCR series: 2016=1.9 · 2017=2 · 2018=2 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=13.7 · 2023=11.5 · 2024=9.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Laminations East falls in its industry
236 Cards, die-cut (except office establishmentsSafer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 20 Cards, die-cut (except office employers in Pennsylvania.
Laminations East has fewer employees than the Cards, die-cut (except office supply) ma median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11.5 | 8.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322299 · PA · Allentown
236 Cards, die-cut (except office supply) made from purchased paper or paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 447 employers in Allentown, PA · 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 | 6055 Merced RTS | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Laminations Northwest | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fleenor paper Company | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | N A L Company Inc. | 5.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Appalachian Drillers, LLC | 53 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SUSSC Susquehanna Service Center | 53 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 301-NiSource-Uniontown PA | 53 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PHRG PHL- RIO | 53 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lehigh Valley Hospital | 9,463 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1200SCC | 6,531 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Air Products and Chemicals Inc.- Main Campus | 2,118 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LOCATION 48042 | 1,728 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Sterilite Corporation LHC | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Corporate Headquarters | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Star Kay White, Inc. | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Brookside Elementary School | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 1106 LKQ Melborne-106-Main Plant | 53 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sterling Spring LLC 54th | 53 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 3041 Keystone | 53 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Electric Distribution Cooperative | 53 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.