Paper (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) manufacturing · Wisconsin

Little Rapids Shawano Specialty Paper

Shawano, WI · ~183 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Little Rapids Shawano Specialty Paper runs at 150% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Paper (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Little Rapids Shawano Specialty Paper: 5.0 TCR = 150% of Paper (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Little Rapids Shawano Specialty Paper safety composite

Little Rapids Shawano Specialty Paper scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.5

2021→2024

Little Rapids Shawano Specialty Paper injury rate improved

Little Rapids Shawano Specialty Paper's TCR fell 2.5 from 5.4 in 2021 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=5.4 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322121 · Shawano, WI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 150% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #35/41
  • PHOTO Potsdam Specialty Pa…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~183 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Potsdam Specialty Paper, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Little Rapids Shawano Specialty Paper in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Little Rapids Shawano Specialty Paper averages 5.0 TCR (150% of the Paper (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Little Rapids Shawano Specialty Paper TCR series: 2021=5.4 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Little Rapids Shawano Specialty Paper falls in its industry

317 Paper (except newsprint, uncoa establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 41 Paper (except newsprint, uncoa employers in Wisconsin.

Little Rapids Shawano Specialty Paper (183 employees, TCR 5.0) 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 Little Rapids Shawano Specialty Paper
Little Rapids Shawano Specialty Paper (183 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 146 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Little Rapids Shawano Specialty Paper has more employees than the Paper (except newsprint, uncoated ground 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
2024 2.9 1.9 6 0 0
2023 3.8 3.3 7 0 0
2022 7.7 5.5 14 0 0
2021 5.4 3.3 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322121 · WI · Shawano

317 Paper (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 45 employers in Shawano, WI · 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 Potsdam Specialty Paper, Inc. 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crane 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Envelope 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SWM Spotswood Mill 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Markesan 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ventura Foods Waukesha 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE HENTZEN COATINGS, INC. MILWAUKEE 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hartford Finishing West 183 FTE
CITY-NEAR ThedaCare Medical Center Shawano 373 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foodservice Shawano - 0564 361 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2271 359 FTE
CITY-NEAR Reinhart - Shawano - 0564 351 FTE
NAT-TCR Bagcraft-COI-Railroad 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Rolling Oaks Hospitality, Inc. 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Wave Division Holdings, LLC-San Francisco 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Sheraton Desert Oasis 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE CompX Grayslake 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tiffin Motorhomes Inc. Belmont 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE Change Academy at Lake of the Ozark 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE Turtle Lake Elementary School 183 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, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.