Paper and Paperboard · Massachusetts

Lowell MA

Lowell, MA · ~87 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lowell MA runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Paper and Paperboard workplace, earning a grade A.

Lowell MA: 1.6 TCR = 48% of Paper and Paperboard BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lowell MA safety composite

Lowell MA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.8

2022→2024

Lowell MA injury rate improved

Lowell MA's TCR fell 2.8 from 2.8 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=2.8 · 2023=2.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322212 · Lowell, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 48% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/8
  • PHOTO Solo Cup Company Fed…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~87 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Solo Cup Company Federalsburg (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lowell MA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lowell MA averages 1.6 TCR (48% of the Paper and Paperboard BLS benchmark).

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

Lowell MA TCR series: 2022=2.8 · 2023=2 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Lowell MA falls in its industry

205 Paper and Paperboard establishments

Safer than 63% 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 #1 safest of 8 Paper and Paperboard employers in Massachusetts.

Lowell MA (87 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Lowell MA
Lowell MA (87 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Lowell MA has fewer employees than the Paper and Paperboard 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.0 1.0 2 0 0
2022 2.8 1.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322212 · MA · Lowell

205 Paper and Paperboard 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 Solo Cup Company Federalsburg 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kingston Springs TN 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Frankston Packaging LLC 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Colbert Flexographic Packaging - WI 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Construction Management & Builders, Inc. 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE D'Allessandro Corp. 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE B-G Mechanical Contractors, Inc. 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE North shore mechanical contractors 87 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 Commons 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sheraton Harrisburg 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Brighter Heights Arizona 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sonesta Select Phoenix Camelback 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lead Dog XL LLC 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gls Holdings & Logistics 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE DMWN - Farmington 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Discovery Academy 87 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. 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.