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

Cascades Tissue Group - Tennessee

Memphis, TN · ~49 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cascades Tissue Group - Tennessee runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) workplace, earning a grade A.

Cascades Tissue Group - Tennessee: 1.3 TCR = 41% of Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cascades Tissue Group - Tennessee safety composite

Cascades Tissue Group - Tennessee scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

Cascades Tissue Group - Tennessee: 0.0 → 1.9 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 2.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.45× in 2018

Cascades Tissue Group - Tennessee's TCR rose 1.9 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 1.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322121 · Memphis, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 41% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #8/14
  • PHOTO Kimberly-Clark Corpo…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kimberly-Clark Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cascades Tissue Group - Tennessee in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cascades Tissue Group - Tennessee averages 1.3 TCR (41% 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

Cascades Tissue Group - Tennessee TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Cascades Tissue Group - Tennessee falls in its industry

317 Paper mills (except newsprint, establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 14 Paper mills (except newsprint, employers in Tennessee.

Cascades Tissue Group - Tennessee (49 employees, TCR 1.3) 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 Cascades Tissue Group - Tennessee
Cascades Tissue Group - Tennessee (49 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 146 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Cascades Tissue Group - Tennessee has fewer 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
2018 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2017 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322121 · TN · Memphis

317 Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 1,330 employers in Memphis, TN · 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 Kimberly-Clark Corporation 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR International Paper - Savannah Mill 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Procter and Gamble Mehoopany 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kimberly-Clark Corporation 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Natural Gas Utility District of Hawkins County 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE THOMAS BUILDERS INC 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Carter Group, LLC 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sain Construction Co. 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR FedEx 2903 SPRANKLE DR 12,398 FTE
CITY-NEAR 381940311 9,861 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Residential Services 5,775 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 5,599 FTE
NAT-TCR Naval Air Station Pensacola-NASP 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 49751p - Colorado Spings Dc 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Baytown Warehouse ENA1 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Oldcastle OPI - Brookshire 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Madison Cs Hotel Group LLC. 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc - Melrose Park 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2035 Minot Distrib Center (Nd) 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Andersons Maumee Large Pack Plant Nutrient 49 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.