Pulp products, molded, manufacturing · Wisconsin

Pellet America Corporation Appleton

Appleton, WI · ~25 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pellet America Corporation Appleton runs at 255% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pulp products, molded, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Pellet America Corporation Appleton: 8.4 TCR = 255% of Pulp products, molded, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pellet America Corporation Appleton safety composite

Pellet America Corporation Appleton scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% 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).

D

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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%).

TCR Δ

−18.6

2020→2023

Pellet America Corporation Appleton injury rate improved

Pellet America Corporation Appleton's TCR fell 18.6 from 22.0 in 2020 to 3.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 22.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=22.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2023=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322299 · Appleton, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.4 · 255% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #21/25
  • PHOTO Axxor NA
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Axxor NA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pellet America Corporation Appleton in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pellet America Corporation Appleton averages 8.4 TCR (255% of the Pulp products, molded, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Pellet America Corporation Appleton TCR series: 2020=22 · 2021=0 · 2023=3.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Pellet America Corporation Appleton falls in its industry

236 Pulp products, molded, manufac establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 25 Pulp products, molded, manufac employers in Wisconsin.

Pellet America Corporation Appleton (25 employees, TCR 8.4) 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 Pellet America Corporation Appleton
Pellet America Corporation Appleton (25 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Pellet America Corporation Appleton has fewer employees than the Pulp products, molded, manufacturing 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
2023 3.3 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 22.0 11.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322299 · WI · Appleton

236 Pulp products, molded, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 356 employers in Appleton, 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 Axxor NA 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gusmer Enterprises, Inc. - Hickory, NC 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR ITB Packaging 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pap-R Products (Casey) 8.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fergusons Minnesota Harvest LLC 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Minocqua Service Center 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Janesville Headquarters 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Berlin Office 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR ThedaCare Regional Medical Center Appleton 1,649 FTE
CITY-NEAR ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton 1,563 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northern Operations 1,321 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fox Valley Technical College (WI) 1,279 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store, #1962 Anaheim, CA 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR GP Services LLC 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Parkway Products, LLC WES 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Super Stop & Shop 0614 8.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Danco Construction LLC 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlantic Aviation - APC 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Flach Industries Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Life Flight 3 - Avoca 25 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, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.