PAPERMILL · South Carolina

4530 Charleston Paper Mill

Name: 4530 Charleston Paper Mill Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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North Charleston, SC · ~493 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

4530 Charleston Paper Mill runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical PAPERMILL workplace, earning a grade C.

4530 Charleston Paper Mill: 3.5 TCR = 105% of PAPERMILL BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

4530 Charleston Paper Mill safety composite

4530 Charleston Paper Mill scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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 3.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

−1.4

2020→2022

4530 Charleston Paper Mill injury rate improved

4530 Charleston Paper Mill's TCR fell 1.4 from 4.2 in 2020 to 2.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=4.2 · 2022=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322121 · North Charleston, SC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 105% of ind

DART 2.5 DART
RANK #10/11
PHOTO UPM - Blandin Paper
BOOK 2y book
INJ 39 inj
SIZE ~493 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: UPM - Blandin Paper (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.5
UPM - Blandin

3.5
GTG-JAX LLC

3.5
Orchids Paper

3.4
Clearwater Pap

3.4

What this shows 4530 Charleston Paper Mill averages 3.5 TCR (105% of the PAPERMILL BLS benchmark).

4530 Charleston Paper Mill TCR series: 2020=4.2 · 2022=2.7 · BLS 3.3

Where 4530 Charleston Paper Mill falls in its industry

317 PAPERMILL establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 11 PAPERMILL employers in South Carolina.

4530 Charleston Paper Mill (493 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 146 employees and a TCR of 2.2

4530 Charleston Paper Mill has more employees than the PAPERMILL 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
2022	2.7	2.5	14	0	0
2020	4.2	3.7	25	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322121 · SC · North Charleston

317 PAPERMILL employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 256 employers in North Charleston, SC · 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	UPM - Blandin Paper	GRAND RAPIDS, MN	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	GTG-JAX LLC	JACKSONVILLE, FL	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Orchids Paper Products Pryor Mill	PRYOR, OK	3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Clearwater Paper Neenah	NEENAH, WI	3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Greenville Solution Plant	GREENVILLE	492 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Arthrex Manufacturing South Carolina	PENDLETON	492 FTE
STATE-SIZE	US - Supply Chain : 0003	FOUNTAIN INN	494 FTE
STATE-SIZE	DAK Americas, LLC-Columbia Site	GASTON	495 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Charleston County	North Charleston	2,601 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Palmetto Goodwill Services	North Charleston	1,105 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Trident Medical Center	North Charleston	1,015 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SRC Charleston ISS Division	North Charleston	815 FTE
NAT-TCR	Bloomington PN Clinic	Bloomington, MN	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Maple Downs	Fayetteville, NY	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Cromwell Hotel Las Vegas	Las Vegas, NV	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Hospital of Central Connecticut - Bradley	Southington, CT	3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Wegmans King Of Prussia 048	King of Prussia, PA	493 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0113 - Salt Lake City Ut Whse	Salt Lake City, UT	493 FTE
NAT-SIZE	6458-ZCAM	Barrington, NJ	493 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mando America Corporation	Opelika, AL	493 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: 2022, 2020. 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.