Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) · South Carolina

First Quality Tissue Southeast

Name: First Quality Tissue Southeast Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Anderson, SC · ~823 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

First Quality Tissue Southeast runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) workplace, earning a grade B.

First Quality Tissue Southeast: 1.7 TCR = 52% of Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Quality Tissue Southeast safety composite

First Quality Tissue Southeast scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 51%), 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).

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.8

2017→2024

First Quality Tissue Southeast injury rate improved

First Quality Tissue Southeast's TCR fell 0.8 from 2.3 in 2017 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.3 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=1.8 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=2.0 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 52% of ind

DART 1.2 DART
RANK #8/11
PHOTO Essity Professional …
BOOK 7y book
INJ 96 inj
SIZE ~823 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Essity Professional Hygiene, South Glens Falls (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.8
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1.8
This site

1.7
Essity Profess

1.7
4529 Roanoke R

1.7

What this shows First Quality Tissue Southeast averages 1.7 TCR (52% of the Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) BLS benchmark).

First Quality Tissue Southeast TCR series: 2017=2.3 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=1.8 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=2 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 3.3

Where First Quality Tissue Southeast falls in its industry

317 Paper mills (except newsprint, establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 11 Paper mills (except newsprint, employers in South Carolina.

First Quality Tissue Southeast (823 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 146 employees and a TCR of 2.2

First Quality Tissue Southeast has more employees than the Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated 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
2024	1.5	1.2	15	0
2023	1.2	0.9	11	0
2022	2.0	1.0	16	2
2021	2.2	1.3	16	3
2019	1.8	0.9	13	3
2018	1.1	0.8	9	1
2017	2.3	1.5	16	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322121 · SC · Anderson

317 Paper mills (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood paper mills) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 167 employers in Anderson, SC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Essity Professional Hygiene, South Glens Falls	SOUTH GLENS FALLS, NY	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Somerset Mill	SKOWHEGAN, ME	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Domtar West Carrollton	WEST CARROLLTON, OH	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	4529 Roanoke Rapids Mill	ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC	1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Rock Hill Distribution Center - RHDC	ROCK HILL	823 FTE
STATE-SIZE	US Transport Corporation	GREENVILLE	825 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Greenville Synnex	GREENVILLE	827 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Founders National Golf, LLC	MYRTLE BEACH	829 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AnMed Medical Center	Anderson	2,374 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Anmed Health Medical Center	Anderson	1,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bosch AdP	Anderson	1,430 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AdP	Anderson	1,314 FTE
NAT-TCR	Kinyon Construction, Inc.	Santa Maria, CA	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bluebird Nursery Inc	Clarkson, NE	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Philadelphia Pipe Bending Company	Philadelphia, PA	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Phoenix Construction & Management, Inc.	Los Angeles, CA	1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	McLaren Health Management Group	Davison, MI	823 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rivers Casino	Schenectady, NY	823 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Faith Regional Health Services West Campus	Norfolk, NE	823 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rochelle Foods	Rochelle, IL	823 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, 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.