Boxes, paperboard and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers · Ohio

River Valley Mill Paper

Name: River Valley Mill Paper Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Akron, OH · ~43 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.1
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

River Valley Mill Paper runs at 323% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Boxes, paperboard and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

River Valley Mill Paper: 7.1 TCR = 323% of Boxes, paperboard and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

River Valley Mill Paper safety composite

River Valley Mill Paper scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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).

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers
DART rate: F 6.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−0.8

2018→2022

River Valley Mill Paper injury rate improved

River Valley Mill Paper's TCR fell 0.8 from 6.9 in 2018 to 6.1 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 13.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.9 · 2019=6.3 · 2020=13.2 · 2021=3.0 · 2022=6.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424130 · Akron, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 323% of ind

DART 6.1 DART
RANK #21/25
PHOTO Penn Jersey Paper
BOOK 5y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Penn Jersey Paper (0.0 TCR gap)

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Victory Packag

7.2
This site

7.1
Penn Jersey Pa

7.1
Decker Tape Pr

6.9
Main Office

6.9

What this shows River Valley Mill Paper averages 7.1 TCR (323% of the Boxes, paperboard and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

River Valley Mill Paper TCR series: 2018=6.9 · 2019=6.3 · 2020=13.2 · 2021=3 · 2022=6.1 · BLS 2.2

Where River Valley Mill Paper falls in its industry

290 Boxes, paperboard and disposab establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 25 Boxes, paperboard and disposab employers in Ohio.

River Valley Mill Paper (43 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.9

River Valley Mill Paper has fewer employees than the Boxes, paperboard and disposable plastic median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2022	6.1	6.1	2
2021	3.0	0.0	1
2020	13.2	13.2	3
2019	6.3	0.0	2
2018	6.9	2.3	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424130 · OH · Akron

290 Boxes, paperboard and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 512 employers in Akron, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Penn Jersey Paper	PHILADELPHIA, PA	7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Victory Packaging Memphis	MEMPHIS, TN	7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Decker Tape Products	EAST HANOVER, NJ	6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Main Office	AUBURN, NY	6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	CW Egg Products	FORT RECOVERY	43 FTE
STATE-SIZE	STgenetics-Marysville	MARYSVILLE	43 FTE
STATE-SIZE	St. Clairsville Ohio	ST. CLAIRSVILLE	43 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dresden Plant	DRESDEN	43 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron	Akron	6,746 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Akron Children's Hospital	Akron	6,060 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Summa Health - Akron City	Akron	4,801 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Akron General Medical Center	Akron	4,176 FTE
NAT-TCR	JFShea Construction-KY	Louisville, KY	7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bellavance Beverage Company	Hooksett, NH	7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	324813-Man-South Ddu Sta	Manchester, NH	7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	336540-Pennsville Po	Pennsville, NJ	7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	6957-SBN	South Bend, IN	43 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Adult Probation	Bisbee, AZ	43 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NOV Fiber Glass Systems - Wichita	Wichita, KS	43 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Central Wire Inc Illinois	Union, IL	43 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.