Converted paper (except stationery and office supplies) merchant wholesalers · Massachusetts
Packaging Specialties, LLC
Newburyport, MA · ~79 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.8
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Packaging Specialties, LLC runs at 37% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Converted paper (except stationery and office supplies) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.
Packaging Specialties, LLC: 0.8 TCR = 37% of Converted paper (except stationery and office supplies) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Packaging Specialties, LLC safety composite
Packaging Specialties, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
67/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.82 per 100 workers
Safer than 91% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.64 per 100 workers
Safer than 52% 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
Packaging Specialties, LLC: 0.0 → 1.6 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 1.6 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2023
Packaging Specialties, LLC's TCR rose 1.6 from 0.0 in 2017 to 1.6 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424130 · Newburyport, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 37% of ind
- DART 1.6 DART
- RANK #1/8
- PHOTO SAS Safety Corporati…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~79 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: SAS Safety Corporation (Long Beach) (0.0 TCR gap)
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Packaging Specialties, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Packaging Specialties, LLC
0.8 TCR
- SAS Safety Cor
SAS Safety Corporation (Long Beach)
0.8 TCR
- SAS Safety Cor
SAS Safety Corporation
0.8 TCR
- Landsberg Hous
Landsberg Houston
0.8 TCR
- Veritiv Operat
Veritiv Operating Company - NY051
0.8 TCR
What this shows Packaging Specialties, LLC averages 0.8 TCR (37% of the Converted paper (except stationery and office supplies) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Packaging Specialties, LLC TCR series: 2017=0 · 2023=1.6 · BLS 2.2
Where Packaging Specialties, LLC falls in its industry
290 Converted paper (except statio establishmentsSafer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 8 Converted paper (except statio employers in Massachusetts.
Packaging Specialties, LLC has more employees than the Converted paper (except stationery and o median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424130 · MA · Newburyport
290 Converted paper (except stationery and office supplies) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 59 employers in Newburyport, 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 | SAS Safety Corporation (Long Beach) | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SAS Safety Corporation | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Landsberg Houston | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Veritiv Operating Company - NY051 | 0.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Medical Area Total Energy Plant, LLC. | 79 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NE DISTRIB CENTER (SUTTON)-MA25 | 79 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMESBURY-MA02 | 79 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1800 | 79 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Anna Jaques Hospital | 946 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BETH ISREAL DEACONESS HOSPITAL ANNA JAQUES | 491 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rochester Electronics LLC | 470 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Turning Point, Inc. | 334 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Rockwell Automation- Houston TX-S+S (SCH) | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Locally Owned Radio, LLC. | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Carolina Chrysler | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mayo Clinic Health System-Red Wing Seminary | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | USI (Hastings, MN) | 79 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NA-US-MD-Hunt Valley-Clubhouse Road | 79 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hill Country Rehab and Nursing Center | 79 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Watertown | 79 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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