Insulating batts, fills, or blankets made from purchased paper · Pennsylvania

Paper & Ink of PA LLC dba Applegate Mfg

Chambersburg, PA · ~26 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Paper & Ink of PA LLC dba Applegate Mfg runs at 164% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Insulating batts, fills, or blankets made from purchased paper workplace, earning a grade D.

Paper & Ink of PA LLC dba Applegate Mfg: 5.4 TCR = 164% of Insulating batts, fills, or blankets made from purchased paper BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Paper & Ink of PA LLC dba Applegate Mfg safety composite

Paper & Ink of PA LLC dba Applegate Mfg scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).

F

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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%).

Paper & Ink of PA LLC dba Applegate Mfg held a steady TCR band

Paper & Ink of PA LLC dba Applegate Mfg's TCR held near 0.3 from 3.3 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.3 · 2017=7.6 · 2018=7.1 · 2019=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322299 · Chambersburg, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 164% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #15/20
  • PHOTO Setterstix Inc.
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Setterstix Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Paper & Ink of PA LLC dba Applegate Mfg in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Paper & Ink of PA LLC dba Applegate Mfg averages 5.4 TCR (164% of the Insulating batts, fills, or blankets made from purchased paper BLS benchmark).

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

Paper & Ink of PA LLC dba Applegate Mfg TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2017=7.6 · 2018=7.1 · 2019=3.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Paper & Ink of PA LLC dba Applegate Mfg falls in its industry

236 Insulating batts, fills, or bl establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 20 Insulating batts, fills, or bl employers in Pennsylvania.

Paper & Ink of PA LLC dba Applegate Mfg (26 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Paper & Ink of PA LLC dba Applegate Mfg
Paper & Ink of PA LLC dba Applegate Mfg (26 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Paper & Ink of PA LLC dba Applegate Mfg has fewer employees than the Insulating batts, fills, or blankets mad median and a higher 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
2019 3.7 3.7 1 0 0
2018 7.1 3.5 2 0 0
2017 7.6 7.6 2 0 0
2016 3.3 3.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322299 · PA · Chambersburg

236 Insulating batts, fills, or blankets made from purchased paper employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 144 employers in Chambersburg, PA · 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 Setterstix Inc. 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Loroco Industries 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR N A L Company Inc. 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hawk Converting, LLC 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE JB Muhsroom Service LLC 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hamilton Liberty 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE NRG Energy Center Harrisburg LLC 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Regency at Yardley 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chambersburg Hospital 2,034 FTE
CITY-NEAR WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital 2,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0589 - Chambersburg PA DC 1,299 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0589 - Chambersburg DC 1,049 FTE
NAT-TCR Centre Avenue Health and Rehab 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Residence Inn Country Club Plaza 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Dyersburg 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Lebanon Plant 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fas Dsm 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Frank Bevins Painting 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE REN164 Santa Maria 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE REN254 Downers Grove 26 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.