Pulp and paper (except groundwood, newsprint) combined manufacturing · South Carolina

Charleston Paper Mill

Name: Charleston Paper Mill Workplace Safety Data
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North Charleston, SC · ~744 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 1
Fatality

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The verdict

Charleston Paper Mill runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Pulp and paper (except groundwood, newsprint) combined manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Charleston Paper Mill: 2.1 TCR = 64% of Pulp and paper (except groundwood, newsprint) combined manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Charleston Paper Mill safety composite

Charleston Paper Mill scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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): D 2.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers
Fatalities: F 1

Safer than 2% 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%).

Charleston Paper Mill held a steady TCR band

Charleston Paper Mill's TCR held near 0.0 from 2.1 in 2017 to 2.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.1 · 2018=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322121 · North Charleston, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 64% of ind

DART 1.4 DART
RANK #9/11
PHOTO Clearwater Paper Lew…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 36 inj
SIZE ~744 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Clearwater Paper Lewistion CPD (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.1
Clearwater Pap

2.1
Newport- Paper

2.1
Mt. Holly Spri

2.1
4532 Longview

2.1

What this shows Charleston Paper Mill averages 2.1 TCR (64% of the Pulp and paper (except groundwood, newsprint) combined manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Charleston Paper Mill TCR series: 2017=2.1 · 2018=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Charleston Paper Mill falls in its industry

317 Pulp and paper (except groundw establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 11 Pulp and paper (except groundw employers in South Carolina.

Charleston Paper Mill (744 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 146 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Charleston Paper Mill has more employees than the Pulp and paper (except groundwood, newsp 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	2.1	1.4	18	0	0
2017	2.1	1.3	18	0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322121 · SC · North Charleston

317 Pulp and paper (except groundwood, newsprint) combined manufacturing 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	Clearwater Paper Lewistion CPD	LEWISTON, ID	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Newport- Paper - B352	NEWPORT, TN	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mt. Holly Springs Specialty Paper, Inc.	MT. HOLLY SPRINGS, PA	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	4532 Longview Paper Mill	LONGVIEW, WA	2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Nephron Pharmaceuticals	WEST COLUMBIA	743 FTE
STATE-SIZE	OpSource	SPARTANBURG, SC 29303	745 FTE
STATE-SIZE	GREER MEDICAL CAMPUS	GREER	743 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ADUSA Dist DC 5 Mauldin SC	GREENVILLE	748 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	Jackson Emc - Neese	Hull, GA	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Brookdale Burr Ridge	Burr Rudge, IL	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cardinal Health Inc.	Peabody, MA	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Craftsman Plating & Tinning	Chicago, IL	2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	AMEREN MISSOURI - Callaway Plant	Fulton, MO	744 FTE
NAT-SIZE	HelloFresh NJ (Distribution Center)	Newark, NJ	744 FTE
NAT-SIZE	J. R. Simplot Headquarters	Boise, ID	744 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Obetz (Ohcol)	Obetz, OH	744 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. 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.