Pulp and paper (except groundwood, newsprint) combined manufacturing · Maine

ND Paper - Rumford Division

Name: ND Paper - Rumford Division Workplace Safety Data
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Rumford, ME · ~668 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

ND Paper - Rumford Division runs at 79% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Pulp and paper (except groundwood, newsprint) combined manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

ND Paper - Rumford Division: 2.6 TCR = 79% of Pulp and paper (except groundwood, newsprint) combined manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ND Paper - Rumford Division safety composite

ND Paper - Rumford Division scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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%).

Rising injury rate

ND Paper - Rumford Division: 1.8 → 3.5 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 3.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.13× in 2020

ND Paper - Rumford Division's TCR rose 1.7 from 1.8 in 2019 to 3.5 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322121 · Rumford, ME AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 79% of ind

DART 3.0 DART
RANK #7/10
PHOTO Claremont (formerly …
BOOK 2y book
INJ 24 inj
SIZE ~668 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Claremont (formerly APC Paper Company) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Claremont (for

2.6
NAPP Riceboro

2.6
Industry- Pape

2.6
Healthy Pet Je

2.6

What this shows ND Paper - Rumford Division averages 2.6 TCR (79% of the Pulp and paper (except groundwood, newsprint) combined manufacturing BLS benchmark).

ND Paper - Rumford Division TCR series: 2019=1.8 · 2020=3.5 · BLS 3.3

Where ND Paper - Rumford Division falls in its industry

317 Pulp and paper (except groundw establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maine alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 10 Pulp and paper (except groundw employers in Maine.

ND Paper - Rumford Division (668 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 146 employees and a TCR of 2.2

ND Paper - Rumford Division has more employees than the Pulp and paper (except groundwood, newsp 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
2020	3.5	3.0	12	16	0
2019	1.8	0.8	12	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322121 · ME · Rumford

317 Pulp and paper (except groundwood, newsprint) combined manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 11 employers in Rumford, ME · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Claremont (formerly APC Paper Company)	CLAREMONT, NY	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NAPP Riceboro Mill	RICEBORO, GA	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Industry- Paper - B355	CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Healthy Pet Jesup	JESUP, GA	2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	ARDx Scarborough	SCARBOROUGH	666 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MBH - Spring Harbor Academy - Spring Harbor Hospital	WESTBROOK	666 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 7014	LEWISTON	661 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MEH- 1 Riverfront	WESTBROOK	681 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ND Paper Rumford Division	Rumford	521 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rumford Hospital	Rumford	285 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rumford Community Home	Rumford	125 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hope Association	Rumford	99 FTE
NAT-TCR	Pleasant Ridge Care Center	Cincinnati, OH	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	120 Akona	Rosemount, MN	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Stratasys, Inc. (River Falls)	River Falls, WI	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Physicians Premier Saratoga	Corpus Christi, TX	2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Sherer Cottage	Springfield, MO	668 FTE
NAT-SIZE	TECO Plaza	Tampa, FL	668 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Kawneer Commercial Windows, LLC	Cranberry Township, PA	668 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Walker Baptist Medical Center	Jasper, AL	668 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: 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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