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

First Quality Tissue, LLC.

Lock Haven, PA · ~574 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

First Quality Tissue, LLC. runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Pulp and paper (except groundwood, newsprint) combined manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

First Quality Tissue, LLC.: 1.5 TCR = 45% of Pulp and paper (except groundwood, newsprint) combined manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Quality Tissue, LLC. safety composite

First Quality Tissue, LLC. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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%).

First Quality Tissue, LLC. held a steady TCR band

First Quality Tissue, LLC.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 1.9 in 2017 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 1.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.9 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322121 · Lock Haven, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 45% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #6/21
  • PHOTO Wagram, NC
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 71 inj
  • SIZE ~574 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wagram, NC (0.0 TCR gap)

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First Quality Tissue, LLC. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows First Quality Tissue, LLC. averages 1.5 TCR (45% 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

First Quality Tissue, LLC. TCR series: 2017=1.9 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where First Quality Tissue, LLC. falls in its industry

317 Pulp and paper (except groundw establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 21 Pulp and paper (except groundw employers in Pennsylvania.

First Quality Tissue, LLC. (574 employees, TCR 1.5) 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 First Quality Tissue, LLC.
First Quality Tissue, LLC. (574 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 146 employees and a TCR of 2.2

First Quality Tissue, LLC. 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 1.9 1.4 12 0 0
2023 1.4 1.1 9 0 0
2022 1.8 1.3 11 0 0
2021 1.1 0.5 7 0 0
2020 0.9 0.6 6 0 0
2019 1.6 1.1 10 0 0
2018 1.1 0.8 6 0 0
2017 1.9 1.4 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322121 · PA · Lock Haven

317 Pulp and paper (except groundwood, newsprint) combined manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 18 employers in Lock Haven, PA · 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 Wagram, NC 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SCC Converting Center 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Evergreen Packaging - Canton 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arkansas Kraft Green Bay Packaging INC 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kimberly Clark Chester 574 FTE
STATE-SIZE C. F. Martin & Co., Inc. 574 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mailing Services of Pittsburgh 574 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gentex Corporation 575 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Susquehanna Lockhaven 219 FTE
CITY-NEAR Clinton County Community Connections, Inc. 147 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0468 - LOK 116 FTE
CITY-NEAR LOK 91 FTE
NAT-TCR McCloskey Mechanical Contractors Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Harris Construction Co., Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Homewood Suites 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Meyercord Revenue Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Circle M Contractors 574 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tiara Yachts 574 FTE
NAT-SIZE Detroit Refinery 574 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Service Center 574 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.