Paper products (except office supply), die-cut, made from purchased paper or paperboard · Wisconsin

Norka Inc.

Name: Norka Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Appleton, WI · ~92 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

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

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The verdict

Norka Inc. runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Paper products (except office supply), die-cut, made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade A.

Norka Inc.: 1.6 TCR = 48% of Paper products (except office supply), die-cut, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Norka Inc. safety composite

Norka Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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).

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Norka Inc.: 0.0 → 3.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 3.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.33× in 2018

Norka Inc.'s TCR rose 3.2 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.2 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322299 · Appleton, WI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 48% of ind

DART 2.1 DART
RANK #5/25
PHOTO Laminations Central
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~92 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Laminations Central (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Norka Inc. averages 1.6 TCR (48% of the Paper products (except office supply), die-cut, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS benchmark).

Norka Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Norka Inc. falls in its industry

236 Paper products (except office establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 25 Paper products (except office employers in Wisconsin.

Norka Inc. (92 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Norka Inc. has more employees than the Paper products (except office supply), d median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2018	3.2	2.1	3	0	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322299 · WI · Appleton

236 Paper products (except office supply), die-cut, made from purchased paper or paperboard 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	Laminations Central	APPLETON, WI	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	6178 Stockton RTS	STOCKTON, CA	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	DFC Manufacturing Group LLC dba Larkin Industries	ST PAUL, MN	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Neenah Finishing Center	NEENAH, WI	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	La Macchia Group, LLC	MILWAUKEE	92 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Main Office	BURLINGTON	92 FTE
STATE-SIZE	James Peterson Sons, Inc.	MEDFORD	92 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kuhlman Incorporated	MENOMONEE FALLS	92 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	Ravenna Container	Ravenna, OH	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mahrt Mill	Cottonton, AL	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Dublin Mill	Dublin, GA	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Penske : 3815-00 General Motors/Saginaw, MI	Saginaw Mi, MI	1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Kirtland Leasing, LLC	Kirtland, OH	92 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Grand Haven HQ	Grand Haven, MI	92 FTE
NAT-SIZE	4795-PD-SDF-LOUISVILLE-PD	Louisville, KY	92 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Underground Services	Grand Prairie, TX	92 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: 2018, 2016. 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.