Printing paper, bulk, merchant wholesalers · Texas

Olmsted-Kirk Paper Co.

Houston, TX · ~45 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Olmsted-Kirk Paper Co. runs at 119% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Printing paper, bulk, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Olmsted-Kirk Paper Co.: 2.6 TCR = 119% of Printing paper, bulk, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Olmsted-Kirk Paper Co. safety composite

Olmsted-Kirk Paper Co. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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%).

Olmsted-Kirk Paper Co. held a steady TCR band

Olmsted-Kirk Paper Co.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 2.5 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.5 · 2017=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424110 · Houston, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.6 · 119% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/12
  • PHOTO Millcraft Columbus
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Millcraft Columbus (0.0 TCR gap)

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Olmsted-Kirk Paper Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Olmsted-Kirk Paper Co. averages 2.6 TCR (119% of the Printing paper, bulk, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Olmsted-Kirk Paper Co. TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2017=2.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Olmsted-Kirk Paper Co. falls in its industry

116 Printing paper, bulk, merchant establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 12 Printing paper, bulk, merchant employers in Texas.

Olmsted-Kirk Paper Co. (45 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 050100150200 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Olmsted-Kirk Paper Co.
Olmsted-Kirk Paper Co. (45 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Olmsted-Kirk Paper Co. has fewer employees than the Printing paper, bulk, merchant wholesale 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
2017 2.7 0.0 1 0 0
2016 2.5 2.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424110 · TX · Houston

116 Printing paper, bulk, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, TX · 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 Millcraft Columbus 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Case Paper Co, Inc 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 04-Louisville 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tallahassee 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Coronado Feeders 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE FireBird Energy LLC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Admiral Permian Resources 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cougar Completion Services LP 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH IAH 11,560 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-IAH 9,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center 8,873 FTE
NAT-TCR Tishler Industries Incorporated 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Rai Mx Ind 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Power Services : RT - Cincinnati, OH, USA 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Wausau (Wiwas) 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE ADS Waverly 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE A.P. Eberlein Co., Inc. 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advance Transit, Inc. 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clean Venture Inc. - Clayton 45 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: 2017, 2016. 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.