Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) · Massachusetts

USGP

Dalton, MA · ~323 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

USGP runs at 34% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) workplace, earning a grade A.

USGP: 1.1 TCR = 34% of Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

USGP safety composite

USGP scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.7

2016→2023

USGP injury rate improved

USGP's TCR fell 1.7 from 2.9 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.9 · 2019=0.9 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=0.6 · 2022=0.6 · 2023=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322121 · Dalton, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 34% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #1/13
  • PHOTO Nicolet Mill
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~323 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Nicolet Mill (0.0 TCR gap)

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USGP in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows USGP averages 1.1 TCR (34% of the Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) BLS benchmark).

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

USGP TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2019=0.9 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=0.6 · 2022=0.6 · 2023=1.2 · BLS 3.3

Where USGP falls in its industry

317 Paper mills (except newsprint, establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 13 Paper mills (except newsprint, employers in Massachusetts.

USGP (323 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 146 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate USGP
USGP (323 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 146 employees and a TCR of 2.2

USGP has more employees than the Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated median and a lower 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
2023 1.2 0.9 4 0 0
2022 0.6 0.6 2 0 0
2021 0.6 0.3 2 0 0
2020 0.6 0.3 2 0 0
2019 0.9 0.3 3 0 0
2016 2.9 1.3 5 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322121 · MA · Dalton

317 Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 7 employers in Dalton, MA · 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 Nicolet Mill 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greif (MG Massillon) 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Resolute Tissue Sanford 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR International Paper - Riverdale Mill 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Market Basket #72 323 FTE
STATE-SIZE 16064 323 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sterilite Corporation TWN 324 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lenze 322 FTE
CITY-NEAR Craneville Place of Dalton 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sugar Hill Assisted Living 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sinicon Plastics Inc 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sugar Hill 55 FTE
NAT-TCR Kane Liquid Fuels Inc 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Mountain Terrace Senior Living 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Downey Ca -9459 Washburn Road 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Degan Construction, LLC 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Den Hartog Industries 323 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mid Ice, LLC 323 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Cypress of Raleigh Club, Inc. 323 FTE
NAT-SIZE FT Precision INC 323 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.