Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · Georgia

Ricoh Electronics Buford

Buford, GA · ~142 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ricoh Electronics Buford runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Ricoh Electronics Buford: 3.2 TCR = 98% of Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ricoh Electronics Buford safety composite

Ricoh Electronics Buford scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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%).

Ricoh Electronics Buford held a steady TCR band

Ricoh Electronics Buford's TCR held near 0.2 from 3.8 in 2019 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.8 · 2021=6.3 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322220 · Buford, GA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 98% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #10/14
  • PHOTO Sierra Coating Techn…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~142 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sierra Coating Technologies (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ricoh Electronics Buford in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ricoh Electronics Buford averages 3.2 TCR (98% of the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ricoh Electronics Buford TCR series: 2019=3.8 · 2021=6.3 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Ricoh Electronics Buford falls in its industry

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 14 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat employers in Georgia.

Ricoh Electronics Buford (142 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ricoh Electronics Buford
Ricoh Electronics Buford (142 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Ricoh Electronics Buford has more employees than the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper M median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2024 3.5 3.5 6 0 0
2023 1.1 1.1 2 0 0
2022 1.4 0.7 2 0 0
2021 6.3 6.3 9 0 0
2019 3.8 1.9 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322220 · GA · Buford

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 164 employers in Buford, GA · 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 Sierra Coating Technologies 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lamart Corporation 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1250 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brown Paper Goods TX 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Carroll EMC 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE Atlanta Service Center 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE PYC 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE Casteel Heating and Cooling - West 142 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tech Systems, Inc 478 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elringklinger USA, Inc. 473 FTE
CITY-NEAR GAORD - BUFORD CENTER 447 FTE
CITY-NEAR Georgia Branch 428 FTE
NAT-TCR Felman Productions LLC 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Rouses Market #77 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hilltown Packing Co., Inc.-AZ 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Oconto Hospital and Medical Center 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wenger Manufacturing, Inc. - 714 Main St. 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cimarron Trailers 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alpine Slicing and Cheese Conversion 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baptist Health Medical Center - Arkadelphia 142 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 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.