Boxes, folding (except corrugated), made from purchased paperboard · Connecticut

Rice Packaging, Inc.

Ellington, CT · ~61 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rice Packaging, Inc. runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Boxes, folding (except corrugated), made from purchased paperboard workplace, earning a grade B.

Rice Packaging, Inc.: 2.2 TCR = 65% of Boxes, folding (except corrugated), made from purchased paperboard BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rice Packaging, Inc. safety composite

Rice Packaging, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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

−3.4

2017→2019

Rice Packaging, Inc. injury rate improved

Rice Packaging, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.4 from 3.4 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.4 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322212 · Ellington, CT AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 65% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P52
  • PHOTO 6502 Lanett AL Manuf…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~61 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 6502 Lanett AL Manufacturing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rice Packaging, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rice Packaging, Inc. averages 2.2 TCR (65% of the Boxes, folding (except corrugated), made from purchased paperboard BLS benchmark).

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

Rice Packaging, Inc. TCR series: 2017=3.4 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Rice Packaging, Inc. falls in its industry

205 Boxes, folding (except corruga establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Rice Packaging, Inc. (61 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Rice Packaging, Inc.
Rice Packaging, Inc. (61 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Rice Packaging, Inc. has fewer employees than the Boxes, folding (except corrugated), made median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.1 3.1 2 0 0
2017 3.4 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322212 · CT · Ellington

205 Boxes, folding (except corrugated), made from purchased paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 23 employers in Ellington, CT · 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 6502 Lanett AL Manufacturing 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Groveport, OH 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bay Cities 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sabert Corporation 1401 Warehouse 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Electric Division 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Strategic Commercial Realty, Inc. 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Danella Construction Corporation of Connecticut 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kim Industries Inc. 61 FTE
CITY-NEAR Big Y Foods, Inc. Ellington 145 FTE
CITY-NEAR Town of Ellington 116 FTE
CITY-NEAR Earthlight Main 104 FTE
CITY-NEAR Country Pure Foods - Ellington, Connecticut 101 FTE
NAT-TCR Water Quality Lab 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR PTCO Chico 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR AMEREN ILLINOIS - La Salle 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Jacksonville Plant 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mesa Repair Center 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE KMG Fort Worth 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Comm HVAC NA and EMEA : SVC-Southwest District : SVC-Albuquerque NM-USA 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Charlottesville-Human Services 61 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.