Sanitary Paper Product Manufacturing · Illinois

Clearwater Paper Corporation

Elwood, IL · ~232 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Clearwater Paper Corporation runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Sanitary Paper Product Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Clearwater Paper Corporation: 2.1 TCR = 63% of Sanitary Paper Product Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Clearwater Paper Corporation safety composite

Clearwater Paper Corporation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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)
B 2.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Clearwater Paper Corporation: 1.6 → 2.5 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 2.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.21× in 2019

Clearwater Paper Corporation's TCR rose 0.9 from 1.6 in 2018 to 2.5 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322219 · Elwood, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 63% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #3/9
  • PHOTO Corinth Tube Plant
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~232 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Corinth Tube Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Clearwater Paper Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Clearwater Paper Corporation averages 2.1 TCR (63% of the Sanitary Paper Product Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Clearwater Paper Corporation TCR series: 2018=1.6 · 2019=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Clearwater Paper Corporation falls in its industry

140 Sanitary Paper Product Manufac establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 9 Sanitary Paper Product Manufac employers in Illinois.

Clearwater Paper Corporation (232 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Clearwater Paper Corporation
Clearwater Paper Corporation (232 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Clearwater Paper Corporation has more employees than the Sanitary Paper Product Manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2019 2.5 2.5 6 0 0
2018 1.6 1.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322219 · IL · Elwood

140 Sanitary Paper Product Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 37 employers in Elwood, IL · 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 Corinth Tube Plant 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR SOLUT! 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nagel Paper- Georgia 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 250 Mason Road 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE MCC Corporate 232 FTE
STATE-SIZE Peddinghaus Corporation - Main 232 FTE
STATE-SIZE Auto Truck Chicago 232 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAI-0032-0032-03487 FAC-03487-EVANSTON-IL 232 FTE
CITY-NEAR HFT Chicago DC 850 FTE
CITY-NEAR 7078 715 FTE
CITY-NEAR IL-Elwood-Transloading 705 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 7078 634 FTE
NAT-TCR GROB Bluffton 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Red Dog HK 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Tappan Zee Constructors, LLC 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR PSI Atlanta 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Aptar Stratford 232 FTE
NAT-SIZE CenterPlace 232 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harman Franklin KY 232 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mid-America Conversion Services, LLC - Paducah 232 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: 2019, 2018. 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.