Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · Connecticut

Meriden Novolex Plant

Meriden, CT · ~68 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Meriden Novolex Plant runs at 94% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Meriden Novolex Plant: 3.1 TCR = 94% of Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Meriden Novolex Plant safety composite

Meriden Novolex Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−5.2

2021→2024

Meriden Novolex Plant injury rate improved

Meriden Novolex Plant's TCR fell 5.2 from 5.2 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=5.2 · 2022=7.2 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322220 · Meriden, CT AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 94% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/7
  • PHOTO Intertape Polymer Gr…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Intertape Polymer Group (0.0 TCR gap)

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Meriden Novolex Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Meriden Novolex Plant averages 3.1 TCR (94% of the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Meriden Novolex Plant TCR series: 2021=5.2 · 2022=7.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Meriden Novolex Plant falls in its industry

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 7 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat employers in Connecticut.

Meriden Novolex Plant (68 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Meriden Novolex Plant
Meriden Novolex Plant (68 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Meriden Novolex Plant 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 7.2 2.9 5 0 0
2021 5.2 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322220 · CT · Meriden

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 115 employers in Meriden, CT · 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 Intertape Polymer Group 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kalle Group USA 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ecological Fibers, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Budnick Headquarters 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pat Munger Construction Co. Inc. 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mizzy Construction, Inc. 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Earthlight Technologies LLC 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Industrial Palllet LLC 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hartford 1,670 FTE
CITY-NEAR MIDSTATE MEDICAL CENTER 1,220 FTE
CITY-NEAR MRDNCT04 566 FTE
CITY-NEAR Radio Frequency Systems - Meriden, CT 402 FTE
NAT-TCR Austin Airport 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Brownsville 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Superior Graphite Bedford Park 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Croasdaile Village 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cherry Hill - 1945 Route 70 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tacoma WA Yard 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Forest Consolidation 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Helotes TX Millwork 68 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.