Paper stock for conversion into paper products (e.g., bag and sack stock, envelope stock, tissue stock, wallpaper stock) manufacturing · New Jersey

SWM Spotswood Mill

Name: SWM Spotswood Mill Workplace Safety Data
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Spotswood, NJ · ~147 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.0
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

SWM Spotswood Mill runs at 152% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Paper stock for conversion into paper products (e.g., bag and sack stock, envelope stock, tissue stock, wallpaper stock) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

SWM Spotswood Mill: 5.0 TCR = 152% of Paper stock for conversion into paper products (e.g., bag and sack stock, envelope stock, tissue stock, wallpaper stock) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SWM Spotswood Mill safety composite

SWM Spotswood Mill scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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).

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

Rising injury rate

SWM Spotswood Mill: 4.1 → 5.9 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 5.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.26× in 2018

SWM Spotswood Mill's TCR rose 1.9 from 4.1 in 2016 to 5.9 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322121 · Spotswood, NJ ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 152% of ind

DART 1.3 DART
RANK #6/9
PHOTO United Envelope
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~147 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: United Envelope (0.0 TCR gap)

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Morcon Tissue

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What this shows SWM Spotswood Mill averages 5.0 TCR (152% of the Paper stock for conversion into paper products (e.g., bag and sack stock, envelope stock, tissue stock, wallpaper stock) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

SWM Spotswood Mill TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2018=5.9 · BLS 3.3

Where SWM Spotswood Mill falls in its industry

317 Paper stock for conversion int establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 9 Paper stock for conversion int employers in New Jersey.

SWM Spotswood Mill (147 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 146 employees and a TCR of 2.2

SWM Spotswood Mill has more employees than the Paper stock for conversion into paper pr median and a higher 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
2018	5.9	1.3	3	6	0
2016	4.1	1.2	2	5	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322121 · NJ · Spotswood

317 Paper stock for conversion into paper products (e.g., bag and sack stock, envelope stock, tissue stock, wallpaper stock) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 4 employers in Spotswood, NJ · 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	United Envelope	CINCINNATI, OH	5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Channeled Resources GRoup	MARATHON, WI	5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Morcon Tissue	GREAT FALLS, SC	5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Potsdam Specialty Paper, Inc.	POTSDAM, NY	5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Amcor Rigid Packaging	MILLVILLE	147 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ECI Technology, Inc.	TOTOWA	147 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1957 LOWE S OF BUTLER NJ	BUTLER	147 FTE
STATE-SIZE	5472-000001096	KENILWORTH	147 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ShopRite Of Spotswood	Spotswood	268 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Spotswood Plant	Spotswood	144 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Spotswood Police Department	Spotswood	30 FTE
NAT-TCR	7100504 - ALT Olympus Chantilly	Chantilly, VA	5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Burlington Plant	Burlington, WI	5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Oahu Construction Operations	Honolulu, HI	5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	2073-ASA-20730100-IF	Atlanta, GA	5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Bandon Pacific, Inc	Charleston, OR	147 FTE
NAT-SIZE	R3Composites	Grabill, IN	147 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Legends - Jones Beach Theater	Wantagh, NY	147 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NFPG1 - Corporate Office - PlGrove	Pleasant Grove, UT	147 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: 2018, 2016. 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.