Handkerchiefs, paper, made from purchased paper · Pennsylvania
Nittany Paper Mills
Lewistown, PA · ~156 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Nittany Paper Mills runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Handkerchiefs, paper, made from purchased paper workplace, earning a grade D.
Nittany Paper Mills: 4.8 TCR = 146% of Handkerchiefs, paper, made from purchased paper BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Nittany Paper Mills safety composite
Nittany Paper Mills scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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).
53/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.83 per 100 workers
Safer than 22% of industry peers
- DART rate
- A 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 90% 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
−10.8
2016→2024
Nittany Paper Mills injury rate improved
Nittany Paper Mills's TCR fell 10.8 from 11.3 in 2016 to 0.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=11.3 · 2017=8.2 · 2018=10.1 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=0.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322291 · Lewistown, PA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 146% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #9/12
- PHOTO Essity Professional …
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 65 inj
- SIZE ~156 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Essity Professional Hygiene, Greenwich (0.1 TCR gap)
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Nittany Paper Mills in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Bellemarque LL
Bellemarque LLC
5.2 TCR
- Health Care Pr
Health Care Products, Inc.
5 TCR
- NPS Holdings L
NPS Holdings LLC Spirit Way
5 TCR
- This site
Nittany Paper Mills
4.8 TCR
- Essity Profess
Essity Professional Hygiene, Greenwich
4.8 TCR
What this shows Nittany Paper Mills averages 4.8 TCR (146% of the Handkerchiefs, paper, made from purchased paper BLS benchmark).
Nittany Paper Mills TCR series: 2016=11.3 · 2017=8.2 · 2018=10.1 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=0.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Nittany Paper Mills falls in its industry
113 Handkerchiefs, paper, made fro establishmentsSafer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 12 Handkerchiefs, paper, made fro employers in Pennsylvania.
Nittany Paper Mills has more employees than the Handkerchiefs, paper, made from purchase median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10.1 | 8.8 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.2 | 6.6 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11.3 | 6.9 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322291 · PA · Lewistown
113 Handkerchiefs, paper, made from purchased paper employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 47 employers in Lewistown, PA · 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 | Essity Professional Hygiene, Greenwich | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Health Care Products, Inc. | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NPS Holdings LLC Spirit Way | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bellemarque LLC | 5.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Basciani Foods, Inc | 156 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | TIS - PA - Morrisville | 156 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | HSC Builders & Construction Managers | 156 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Pietrini Corporation | 156 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | GEISINGER LEWISTOWN HOSPITAL | 1,014 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LEWISTOWN HOSPITAL | 975 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | First Quality Retail Services, LLC | 699 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | First Quality Baby Products NE | 423 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | McFadden & Miller | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 014-SBN | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Big Horn Hospital | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Book Fairs - Chicago | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Progressive Surface, Inc. | 156 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MOC and PHPD | 156 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | WIKA Instrument Houston | 156 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Acadian - Fleet/Materials | 156 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.