Sanitary paper products (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) made in paper mills · New Jersey
Soundview Paper Company - Elmwood Park
Elmwood Park, NJ · ~290 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Soundview Paper Company - Elmwood Park runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Sanitary paper products (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) made in paper mills workplace, earning a grade A.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.2
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 22
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Soundview Paper Company - Elmwood Park's OSHA Total Case Rate of 1.2 to the Sanitary paper products (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) made in paper mills BLS benchmark of 3.3 (36% of benchmark) across 5 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Soundview Paper Company - Elmwood Park's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Soundview Paper Company - Elmwood Park falls in its industry
327 Sanitary paper products (excep establishmentsSafer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.
Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 9 Sanitary paper products (excep employers in New Jersey.
Trend analysis for Soundview Paper Company - Elmwood Park
Between 2016 and 2021, Soundview Paper Company - Elmwood Park's Total Case Rate worsened from 1.0 to 1.3 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 25% increase across 5 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2019, at a TCR of 1.0, while 2018 saw the highest rate, at 1.5, a spread of 0.5 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 5 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 5 reporting years, Soundview Paper Company - Elmwood Park recorded 22 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 5-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 22 injuries shown on this page for Soundview Paper Company - Elmwood Park are sourced from its own 5 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 322121 - Sanitary paper products (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) made in paper mills.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2021)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
2 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 310,390 hours worked = 1.29 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Soundview Paper Company - Elmwood Park (this establishment) | 1.20 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 5-year avg |
| Paper (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 322121 |
| New Jersey state avg (all industries) | 4.90 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Soundview Paper Company - Elmwood Park to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2021: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 10 reportable incidents · 10 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 6 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Soundview Paper Company - Elmwood Park's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Sanitary paper products (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) made in paper mills peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 36% of the Sanitary paper products (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) made in paper mills benchmark, Soundview Paper Company - Elmwood Park reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Sanitary paper products (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) made in paper mills sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
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Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.