Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · Georgia

Ricoh - Thermal Paper Slitting

Buford, GA · ~108 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ricoh - Thermal Paper Slitting runs at 167% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Ricoh - Thermal Paper Slitting: 5.5 TCR = 167% of Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ricoh - Thermal Paper Slitting safety composite

Ricoh - Thermal Paper Slitting scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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 - Thermal Paper Slitting held a steady TCR band

Ricoh - Thermal Paper Slitting's TCR held near 0.3 from 6.0 in 2017 to 6.3 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.0 · 2018=4.2 · 2020=6.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322220 · Buford, GA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 167% of ind

  • DART 6.3 DART
  • RANK #12/14
  • PHOTO ITW ShineMark - Bloo…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~108 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ITW ShineMark - Bloomfield (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ricoh - Thermal Paper Slitting in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ricoh - Thermal Paper Slitting averages 5.5 TCR (167% 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 - Thermal Paper Slitting TCR series: 2017=6 · 2018=4.2 · 2020=6.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Ricoh - Thermal Paper Slitting falls in its industry

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat establishments

Safer than 14% 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 #12 safest of 14 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat employers in Georgia.

Ricoh - Thermal Paper Slitting (108 employees, TCR 5.5) 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 - Thermal Paper Slitting
Ricoh - Thermal Paper Slitting (108 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Ricoh - Thermal Paper Slitting 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
2020 6.3 6.3 7 0 0
2018 4.2 3.1 4 0 0
2017 6.0 2.0 6 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 ITW ShineMark - Bloomfield 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midland 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Siliconature 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR UPM Raflatac Ontario 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Country Charm 108 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sands Place Operating 1769 Sands Pl Marietta 108 FTE
STATE-SIZE Villa Rica Ga 81 108 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rudolph Foods Atlanta Plant 108 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 829 Upper Darby, Pa 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 1570 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Advanced Radiology (AWIC) 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Advantech Manufacturing, Inc. 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 0109 - Millwork Mnfg-Bend 108 FTE
NAT-SIZE 22 Stratford, Ct 108 FTE
NAT-SIZE 557 Chicago, Il 108 FTE
NAT-SIZE Charlottesville Health and Rehabiliation Center 108 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: 2020, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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