Paper making machinery manufacturing · Massachusetts

Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc.

South Lee, MA · ~137 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc. runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Paper making machinery manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc.: 4.0 TCR = 121% of Paper making machinery manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc. safety composite

Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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).

D

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc.: 0.7 → 5.1 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 6.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.95× in 2024

Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc.'s TCR rose 4.3 from 0.7 in 2022 to 5.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333243 · South Lee, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 121% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #4/6
  • PHOTO Neenah Converting Ce…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~137 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Neenah Converting Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc. averages 4.0 TCR (121% of the Paper making machinery manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc. TCR series: 2022=0.7 · 2023=6.2 · 2024=5.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc. falls in its industry

137 Paper making machinery manufac establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Paper making machinery manufac employers in Massachusetts.

Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc. (137 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc.
Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc. (137 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc. has more employees than the Paper making machinery manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 5.1 3.8 6 2 0
2023 6.2 3.9 5 3 0
2022 0.7 0.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333243 · MA · South Lee

137 Paper making machinery manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 4 employers in South Lee, MA · 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 Neenah Converting Center 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Royal Envelope Corporation 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR BHS Corrugated North America 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nicholson Manufacturing Company 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Avangrid Renewables - Boston Office 137 FTE
STATE-SIZE BROCKTON-MA60 137 FTE
STATE-SIZE CLINE_N.Andover, MA 137 FTE
STATE-SIZE AZCO INC. - Salem Harbor Power Plant 137 FTE
CITY-NEAR Willow Mill 137 FTE
CITY-NEAR Oak N Spruce 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Morart Mill 17 FTE
NAT-TCR Dallas 10537 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Mars Electric Company 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR VERDUYN TARPS - Detroit 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Aspirus Eagle River Hospital 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bway Cedar City 137 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sumner Place 137 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aristech Surfaces LLC 137 FTE
NAT-SIZE Unchained Labs 137 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: 2024, 2023, 2022. 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.