Pulp and paperboard combined manufacturing · Wisconsin

Paperboard Mill

Wisconsin Rapids, WI · ~72 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Paperboard Mill runs at 101% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Pulp and paperboard combined manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Paperboard Mill: 3.3 TCR = 101% of Pulp and paperboard combined manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Paperboard Mill safety composite

Paperboard Mill scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

Paperboard Mill: 2.9 → 3.9 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 5.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.78× in 2023

Paperboard Mill's TCR rose 1.1 from 2.9 in 2019 to 3.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 5.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322130 · Wisconsin Rapids, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 101% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #5/8
  • PHOTO Greif / Caraustar Ta…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Greif / Caraustar Tacoma Paperboard (0.0 TCR gap)

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Paperboard Mill in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Paperboard Mill averages 3.3 TCR (101% of the Pulp and paperboard combined manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Paperboard Mill TCR series: 2019=2.9 · 2020=5.1 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=3.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Paperboard Mill falls in its industry

181 Pulp and paperboard combined m establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 8 Pulp and paperboard combined m employers in Wisconsin.

Paperboard Mill (72 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Paperboard Mill
Paperboard Mill (72 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Paperboard Mill has fewer employees than the Pulp and paperboard combined manufacturi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 3.9 2.6 1 2 0
2022 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2020 5.1 3.4 3 0 0
2019 2.9 1.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322130 · WI · Wisconsin Rapids

181 Pulp and paperboard combined manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 70 employers in Wisconsin Rapids, WI · 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 Greif / Caraustar Tacoma Paperboard 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mobile Paperboard 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pratt Industries (Robert Mann Packaging) LLC - Oceanside 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Los Angeles Paperboard 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Johnson's Nursery LLC 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE MCGANN CONSTRUCTION INC 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Valmet, Inc 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marawood Construction Services, Inc 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wisconsin Rapids Mill 962 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aspirus Riverview Hospital & Clinics, Inc. 631 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aspirus Riverview Hospital622 593 FTE
CITY-NEAR McCain Foods Plant #8 525 FTE
NAT-TCR Vivid Impact Company LLC 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Enoch Precision Machining 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Dymotek - Somers 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Landscaping by Greenscape 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mi Cocina - 5400 Nebraska Furniture Driv 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE ISD# 834-Rutherford Elementary 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sackets Harbor Office 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Columbia Heights ISD #13-North Park Elementary 72 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: 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.