Paper (except Newsprint) Mills · Wisconsin

Clearwater Paper Ladysmith

Ladysmith, WI · ~81 workers · 2 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

Clearwater Paper Ladysmith runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Paper (except Newsprint) Mills workplace, earning a grade B.

Clearwater Paper Ladysmith: 2.0 TCR = 62% of Paper (except Newsprint) Mills BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Clearwater Paper Ladysmith safety composite

Clearwater Paper Ladysmith scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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

Clearwater Paper Ladysmith: 1.0 → 3.1 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 3.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.5× in 2017

Clearwater Paper Ladysmith's TCR rose 2.1 from 1.0 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322121 · Ladysmith, WI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 62% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #16/41
  • PHOTO Pixelle Specialty So…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~81 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pixelle Specialty Solutions (0.0 TCR gap)

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Clearwater Paper Ladysmith in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Clearwater Paper Ladysmith averages 2.0 TCR (62% of the Paper (except Newsprint) Mills BLS benchmark).

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

Clearwater Paper Ladysmith TCR series: 2016=1 · 2017=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Clearwater Paper Ladysmith falls in its industry

317 Paper (except Newsprint) Mills establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 41 Paper (except Newsprint) Mills employers in Wisconsin.

Clearwater Paper Ladysmith (81 employees, TCR 2.0) 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 Clearwater Paper Ladysmith
Clearwater Paper Ladysmith (81 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 146 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Clearwater Paper Ladysmith has fewer employees than the Paper (except Newsprint) Mills 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
2017 3.1 1.0 0 3 0
2016 1.0 1.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322121 · WI · Ladysmith

317 Paper (except Newsprint) Mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 20 employers in Ladysmith, 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 Pixelle Specialty Solutions 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pickens Mill 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hutchinson - Paper - B282 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4532 Longview Paper Mill 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE ABS Global - Dekorra 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rosendale Dairy, LLC 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rock Solid Stabilization & Reclamation, Inc. 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sure-Dry, LLC 81 FTE
CITY-NEAR Weather Shield Mfg Inc. --Ladysmith Plant 05 295 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rockwell Automation- Ladysmith WI (LAD) 255 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4281 219 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4281 192 FTE
NAT-TCR 0043 - Orem, Ut 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 0004 - Visalia, Ca 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 42641e - Salisbury Bin 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR P6 - Allentown 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE N and R of Wellsville LLC 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cuba Manor Inc 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Riverbend Assisted Living Community 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Flint St. Plant 81 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: 2017, 2016. 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.