Employer · Florida

FL180 Palatka Paper

Palatka, FL · ~922 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

FL180 Palatka Paper runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade B.

FL180 Palatka Paper: 2.3 TCR = 70% of industry BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

FL180 Palatka Paper safety composite

FL180 Palatka Paper scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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

FL180 Palatka Paper: 1.8 → 2.7 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 4.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.06× in 2024

FL180 Palatka Paper's TCR rose 1.0 from 1.8 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.06× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322120 · Palatka, FL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 70% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK P64
  • PHOTO LA090 Port Hudson Pa…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 155 inj
  • SIZE ~922 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LA090 Port Hudson Paper (0.0 TCR gap)

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FL180 Palatka Paper in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows FL180 Palatka Paper averages 2.3 TCR (70% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

FL180 Palatka Paper TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=1.6 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=2.3 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 3.3

Where FL180 Palatka Paper falls in its industry

28 industry establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
FL180 Palatka Paper (922 employees, TCR 2.3) among 23 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 328 employees and a TCR of 2.6 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 24 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate FL180 Palatka Paper
FL180 Palatka Paper (922 employees, TCR 2.3) among 23 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 328 employees and a TCR of 2.6

FL180 Palatka Paper has more employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 2.7 2.4 25 2 0
2023 2.2 1.6 20 0 0
2022 4.2 3.4 28 9 0
2020 2.3 1.6 22 0 0
2019 2.3 0.8 22 0 0
2018 1.4 1.1 11 2 0
2017 1.6 1.3 13 1 0
2016 1.8 1.1 14 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322120 · FL · Palatka

28 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 59 employers in Palatka, FL · 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 LA090 Port Hudson Paper 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greenwich 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR OK052 Muskogee Tissue 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR AR030 Crossett Paper 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE 7023 922 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 4085 923 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6071 923 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alorica Pensacola 923 FTE
CITY-NEAR PALATKA CENTER FOR REHAB & HEALING 830 FTE
CITY-NEAR HH-PALATHME 560 FTE
CITY-NEAR HCA Florida Putnam Hospital 413 FTE
CITY-NEAR 551 411 FTE
NAT-TCR GLST2 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR DACJ Metering and Sequencing 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Moxee Retail Support Center - Ace Hardware 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR DFP Ag Services, LLC 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE SMS Group Inc 922 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lonza Houston 922 FTE
NAT-SIZE Murray Company 922 FTE
NAT-SIZE John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group 922 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.