Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) · Wisconsin

Neenah Filtration Appleton

Name: Neenah Filtration Appleton Workplace Safety Data
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Appleton, WI · ~131 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.4
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Neenah Filtration Appleton runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) workplace, earning a grade B.

Neenah Filtration Appleton: 2.4 TCR = 72% of Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Neenah Filtration Appleton safety composite

Neenah Filtration Appleton scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

Neenah Filtration Appleton: 0.8 → 2.5 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 3.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.06× in 2020

Neenah Filtration Appleton's TCR rose 1.8 from 0.8 in 2017 to 2.5 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 1.06× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322121 · Appleton, WI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 72% of ind

DART 2.5 DART
RANK #20/41
PHOTO Procter & Gamble Pap…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 8 inj
SIZE ~131 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Procter & Gamble Paper Products (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.4
Procter & Gamb

2.4
Cascades Tissu

2.4
Menasha, WI -

2.4
delta paper co

2.4

What this shows Neenah Filtration Appleton averages 2.4 TCR (72% of the Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) BLS benchmark).

Neenah Filtration Appleton TCR series: 2017=0.8 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Neenah Filtration Appleton falls in its industry

317 Paper mills (except newsprint, establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 41 Paper mills (except newsprint, employers in Wisconsin.

Neenah Filtration Appleton (131 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 146 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Neenah Filtration Appleton has fewer employees than the Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated 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
2020	2.5	2.5	2	1
2019	3.9	1.3	5	1
2017	0.8	0.8	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322121 · WI · Appleton

317 Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 356 employers in Appleton, WI · 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	Procter & Gamble Paper Products	GREEN BAY, WI	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cascades Tissue Group North Carolina - Rockingham	ROCKINGHAM, NC	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Menasha, WI - Paper - B280	MENASHA, WI	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	delta paper corporation	BURLINGTON, NJ	2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	The Kraemer Company	PLAIN	131 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Riverside Foods, Inc.	TWO RIVERS	131 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Oh Snap! Pickling Co., LLC	APPLETON	131 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Foremost Farms USA (Richland Center, WI)	RICHLAND CENTER	131 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ThedaCare Regional Medical Center Appleton	Appleton	1,649 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton	Appleton	1,563 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Northern Operations	Appleton	1,321 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fox Valley Technical College (WI)	Appleton	1,279 FTE
NAT-TCR	LancasterHyundai	East Petersburg, PA	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Production	Selma, AL	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Jackson Elementary	Medford, OR	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Howard Elementary	Medford, OR	2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Parallel Technologies	Eden Prairie, MN	131 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Holiday Inn/Bennigans	Rock Island, IL	131 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ARYZTA - Newark	Newark, CA	131 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Oppermann Webbing	Piedmont, SC	131 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, 2017. 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.