Paper (except Newsprint) Mills · North Carolina
Clearwater Paper Shelby LLC
Shelby, NC · ~492 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Clearwater Paper Shelby LLC runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Paper (except Newsprint) Mills workplace, earning a grade D.
Clearwater Paper Shelby LLC: 4.2 TCR = 128% of Paper (except Newsprint) Mills BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Clearwater Paper Shelby LLC safety composite
Clearwater Paper Shelby LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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).
33/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.21 per 100 workers
Safer than 26% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.58 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% 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 Shelby LLC: 1.0 → 3.2 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 9.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.61× in 2023
Clearwater Paper Shelby LLC's TCR rose 2.2 from 1.0 in 2016 to 3.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322121 · Shelby, NC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 128% of ind
- DART 2.6 DART
- RANK #10/12
- PHOTO Cohoes
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 115 inj
- SIZE ~492 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Cohoes (0.0 TCR gap)
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Clearwater Paper Shelby LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Verso Luke Pap
Verso Luke Paper Beryl Woodyard
4.3 TCR
- This site
Clearwater Paper Shelby LLC
4.2 TCR
- Cohoes
Cohoes
4.2 TCR
- Ahlstrom Filtr
Ahlstrom Filtration LLC
4.2 TCR
- Sofidel - Circ
Sofidel - Circleville
4.2 TCR
What this shows Clearwater Paper Shelby LLC averages 4.2 TCR (128% of the Paper (except Newsprint) Mills BLS benchmark).
Clearwater Paper Shelby LLC TCR series: 2016=1 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=5 · 2022=9.4 · 2023=3.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Clearwater Paper Shelby LLC falls in its industry
317 Paper (except Newsprint) Mills establishmentsSafer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 12 Paper (except Newsprint) Mills employers in North Carolina.
Clearwater Paper Shelby LLC has more employees than the Paper (except Newsprint) Mills 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 13 | 7 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 19 | 39 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 14 | 17 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 27 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322121 · NC · Shelby
317 Paper (except Newsprint) Mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 100 employers in Shelby, NC · 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 | Cohoes | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ahlstrom Filtration LLC | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sofidel - Circleville | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Verso Luke Paper Beryl Woodyard | 4.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | DC19 | 492 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MH Mission Hospital McDowell, LLLP | 492 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 500184600 - EAST CAROLINA UNIV. | 492 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Main Office, Mooresville | 491 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1111-Atrium Health Cleveland (1111) | 1,174 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6070 | 1,160 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 0080-Atrium Health Cleveland | 1,158 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 0080-CHS Cleveland | 1,093 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Big Lots Store #1871 Gaylord, MI | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lindenhurst | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mary Queen & Mother Association | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Food City 041 | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Tasty Baking Company | 492 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital | 492 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | HomeReach HomeCare | 492 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rago Company Wide | 492 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.