Paper (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) manufacturing · Maine

Verso Androscoggin

Jay, ME · ~533 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Verso Androscoggin runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Paper (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Verso Androscoggin: 1.6 TCR = 48% of Paper (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Verso Androscoggin safety composite

Verso Androscoggin scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

−0.8

2016→2018

Verso Androscoggin injury rate improved

Verso Androscoggin's TCR fell 0.8 from 2.0 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.0 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.0 · 2018=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322121 · Jay, ME AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 48% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #4/10
  • PHOTO Cohoes Paper Machine
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~533 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cohoes Paper Machine (0.0 TCR gap)

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Verso Androscoggin in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Verso Androscoggin averages 1.6 TCR (48% of the Paper (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Verso Androscoggin TCR series: 2016=2 · 2018=1.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Verso Androscoggin falls in its industry

317 Paper (except newsprint, uncoa establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maine alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 10 Paper (except newsprint, uncoa employers in Maine.

Verso Androscoggin (533 employees, TCR 1.6) 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 Verso Androscoggin
Verso Androscoggin (533 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 146 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Verso Androscoggin has more employees than the Paper (except newsprint, uncoated ground 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
2018 1.2 0.6 6 0 0
2016 2.0 1.0 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322121 · ME · Jay

317 Paper (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 6 employers in Jay, ME · 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 Cohoes Paper Machine 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arkansas Kraft Division 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rhinelander Paper Unit 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR NAPP Riceboro Mill - 016 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Maine Coast Memorial Hospital 527 FTE
STATE-SIZE Huhtamaki Waterville 542 FTE
STATE-SIZE ND Paper Rumford Division 521 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northport Building 521 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC- Androscoggin Mill 317 FTE
CITY-NEAR 08165 - Store # 8165 Jay 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR 8165 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ranor Inc. 50 FTE
NAT-TCR HBSHSEMI23 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Houston-Lang 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Supervalu Distribution Center - Bismarck 31211 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Peak Neuromonitoring 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Federal-Mogul Motorparts 533 FTE
NAT-SIZE federal-mogul 1277 533 FTE
NAT-SIZE ComNet Communications, LLC 533 FTE
NAT-SIZE Conroe Regional Medical Center 533 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.