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

Eastover SC Mill

Eastover, SC · ~676 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Eastover SC Mill runs at 23% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Pulp and paper (except groundwood, newsprint) combined manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Eastover SC Mill: 0.8 TCR = 23% of Pulp and paper (except groundwood, newsprint) combined manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Eastover SC Mill safety composite

Eastover SC Mill scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

Eastover SC Mill held a steady TCR band

Eastover SC Mill's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.5 in 2021 to 0.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=0.5 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 23% of ind

  • DART 0.1 DART
  • RANK #5/11
  • PHOTO Hood Container Corpo…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~676 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hood Container Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Eastover SC Mill in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Eastover SC Mill averages 0.8 TCR (23% of the Pulp and paper (except groundwood, newsprint) combined manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Eastover SC Mill TCR series: 2021=0.5 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=0.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Eastover SC Mill falls in its industry

317 Pulp and paper (except groundw establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 11 Pulp and paper (except groundw employers in South Carolina.

Eastover SC Mill (676 employees, TCR 0.8) 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 Eastover SC Mill
Eastover SC Mill (676 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 146 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Eastover SC 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
2024 0.7 0.1 5 0 0
2023 1.1 0.9 8 0 0
2021 0.5 0.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322121 · SC · Eastover

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 · 5 employers in Eastover, SC · 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 Hood Container Corporation 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wisconsin Rapids Mill 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pensacola Mill 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elmhurst RTS Packaging - F424 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Otis Elevator Company-Florence Factory 676 FTE
STATE-SIZE SCCOL - COLUMBIA HUB 676 FTE
STATE-SIZE Flex 675 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenville County Disabilities and Special Needs Board dba Thrive Upstate 675 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eastover Mill 691 FTE
CITY-NEAR WATEREE STEAM PLANT 90 FTE
CITY-NEAR International Paper Eastover 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eastover 43 FTE
NAT-TCR RCN Telecom Services, LLC-Easton PA 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Agilix Solutions - Bartlett, TN 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Quintus Technologies, LLC 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR The Mark-Costello Co. 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Janus GA 676 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital 676 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Office 676 FTE
NAT-SIZE Telos Corporation 676 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: 2024, 2023, 2021. 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.