Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) · New York
Ox Specialty Paper, LLC
Carthage, NY · ~66 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ox Specialty Paper, LLC runs at 225% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) workplace, earning a grade F.
Ox Specialty Paper, LLC: 7.4 TCR = 225% of Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ox Specialty Paper, LLC safety composite
Ox Specialty Paper, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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).
32/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.42 per 100 workers
Safer than 7% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.34 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% 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%).
TCR Δ
−7.9
2019→2024
Ox Specialty Paper, LLC injury rate improved
Ox Specialty Paper, LLC's TCR fell 7.9 from 10.6 in 2019 to 2.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 16.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=10.6 · 2020=9.2 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=16.4 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322121 · Carthage, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 225% of ind
- DART 1.3 DART
- RANK #29/32
- PHOTO Mill Street Mill
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 30 inj
- SIZE ~66 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Mill Street Mill (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ox Specialty Paper, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Tilton
Tilton
7.6 TCR
- McNairn Packag
McNairn Packaging Inc.
7.5 TCR
- This site
Ox Specialty Paper, LLC
7.4 TCR
- Mill Street Mi
Mill Street Mill
7.4 TCR
- TAMKO Building
TAMKO Building Products LLC - Knoxville
7.3 TCR
What this shows Ox Specialty Paper, LLC averages 7.4 TCR (225% of the Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) BLS benchmark).
Ox Specialty Paper, LLC TCR series: 2019=10.6 · 2020=9.2 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=16.4 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Ox Specialty Paper, LLC falls in its industry
317 Paper mills (except newsprint, establishmentsSafer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.
Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 32 Paper mills (except newsprint, employers in New York.
Ox Specialty Paper, LLC 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 | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 16.4 | 16.4 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9.2 | 7.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10.6 | 6.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322121 · NY · Carthage
317 Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 9 employers in Carthage, NY · 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 | Mill Street Mill | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | McNairn Packaging Inc. | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TAMKO Building Products LLC - Knoxville | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tilton | 7.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Vireo Health of NY - Johnstown | 66 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mammoser Farms | 66 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | H.H. Dobbins Inc. | 66 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Merrick District | 66 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Carthage YMCA | 275 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Slack Chemical Company Inc. | 87 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WEST CARTHAGE #24 | 73 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Johnson Lumber Co., LLC | 57 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Performance Building Co. Inc. | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Baptist Health Medical Center - Conway | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hospital Campus | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1106 - Cobb NE | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Locust Ridge Healthcare LLC | 66 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rockywold Deephaven Camps Inc. | 66 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | O&F Machine Products | 66 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Transportation | 66 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.