Manufacture of paper tubes · Massachusetts

Pioneer Valley - Tubes & Cores - C326

Holyoke, MA · ~31 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pioneer Valley - Tubes & Cores - C326 runs at 199% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Manufacture of paper tubes workplace, earning a grade D.

Pioneer Valley - Tubes & Cores - C326: 6.6 TCR = 199% of Manufacture of paper tubes BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pioneer Valley - Tubes & Cores - C326 safety composite

Pioneer Valley - Tubes & Cores - C326 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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

−4.6

2017→2019

Pioneer Valley - Tubes & Cores - C326 injury rate improved

Pioneer Valley - Tubes & Cores - C326's TCR fell 4.6 from 10.7 in 2017 to 6.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.7 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.7 · 2018=3.0 · 2019=6.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322299 · Holyoke, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.6 · 199% of ind

  • DART 6.1 DART
  • RANK #12/12
  • PHOTO GA485 Saint Marys Co…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GA485 Saint Marys Converting (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pioneer Valley - Tubes & Cores - C326 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pioneer Valley - Tubes & Cores - C326 averages 6.6 TCR (199% of the Manufacture of paper tubes BLS benchmark).

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

Pioneer Valley - Tubes & Cores - C326 TCR series: 2017=10.7 · 2018=3 · 2019=6.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Pioneer Valley - Tubes & Cores - C326 falls in its industry

236 Manufacture of paper tubes establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 12 Manufacture of paper tubes employers in Massachusetts.

Pioneer Valley - Tubes & Cores - C326 (31 employees, TCR 6.6) 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 Pioneer Valley - Tubes & Cores - C326
Pioneer Valley - Tubes & Cores - C326 (31 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Pioneer Valley - Tubes & Cores - C326 has fewer employees than the Manufacture of paper tubes 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 6.1 6.1 2 0 0
2018 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2017 10.7 2.7 2 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322299 · MA · Holyoke

236 Manufacture of paper tubes employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 92 employers in Holyoke, 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 GA485 Saint Marys Converting 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Booneville 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Setterstix Inc. 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Tranzonic Companies - Knoxville Operations 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE MILLBURY LEARNING CENTER-MA22 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE One Tech Circle 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Raffles Unit 28C 40 Trinity Place 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Biotech Builders Group 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Holyoke Medical Center 1,405 FTE
CITY-NEAR ISO New England Inc. 610 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DBO7 459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Providence Behavioral Hlth Hosp 335 FTE
NAT-TCR SpringHill Suites Nashville MetroCenter 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Lukjan Great Plains LLC 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Austin 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Macy Industries Inc 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Baytown, Texas 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Woolpert- Charlotte 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advanced Disposal - Montgomery Hauling 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advanced Disposal - Fort Wayne Hauling Company 31 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.