Pulp mills producing paperboard · Wisconsin

Wisconsin Paperboard

Milwaukee, WI · ~167 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wisconsin Paperboard runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Pulp mills producing paperboard workplace, earning a grade B.

Wisconsin Paperboard: 2.0 TCR = 59% of Pulp mills producing paperboard BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wisconsin Paperboard safety composite

Wisconsin Paperboard scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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

−0.9

2016→2021

Wisconsin Paperboard injury rate improved

Wisconsin Paperboard's TCR fell 0.9 from 2.6 in 2016 to 1.7 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.6 · 2017=2.1 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322130 · Milwaukee, WI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 59% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #3/8
  • PHOTO Kalamazoo MI Mill
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~167 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kalamazoo MI Mill (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wisconsin Paperboard in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wisconsin Paperboard averages 2.0 TCR (59% of the Pulp mills producing paperboard BLS benchmark).

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

Wisconsin Paperboard TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2017=2.1 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=1.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Wisconsin Paperboard falls in its industry

181 Pulp mills producing paperboar establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 8 Pulp mills producing paperboar employers in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Paperboard (167 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Wisconsin Paperboard
Wisconsin Paperboard (167 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Wisconsin Paperboard has more employees than the Pulp mills producing paperboard median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2021 1.7 0.6 3 0 0
2020 1.5 1.0 3 0 0
2017 2.1 0.5 4 0 0
2016 2.6 1.0 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322130 · WI · Milwaukee

181 Pulp mills producing paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 980 employers in Milwaukee, WI · 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 Kalamazoo MI Mill 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Barrington Plant 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Caraustar Mill 2 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pratt Industries (Robert Mann Packaging) LLC - Salinas 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Elmroad Generating Station 167 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pewaukee Data Center 167 FTE
STATE-SIZE Monarch Paving 167 FTE
STATE-SIZE MP Systems, Inc. 167 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center 7,587 FTE
CITY-NEAR FROEDTERT HOSPITAL 7,328 FTE
CITY-NEAR Milwaukee Hospital 3,398 FTE
CITY-NEAR Childrens Hospital - Milw Campus 2,851 FTE
NAT-TCR Kohler Co 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR ARRGH LLC, dba TWO MEN AND A TRUCK 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Cleaning & Restoration Corp. 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Fort Dearborn Company Provo 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rite Aid 167 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon (Seattle) 167 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Freight Lines Inc - Atlanta South 167 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pilot Painting & Construction 167 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: 2021, 2020, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.