Corrugated and solid fiber boxes made from purchased paper or paperboard · Alabama
Fort Payne
Fort Payne, AL · ~24 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Fort Payne runs at 221% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Corrugated and solid fiber boxes made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade F.
Fort Payne: 7.3 TCR = 221% of Corrugated and solid fiber boxes made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Fort Payne safety composite
Fort Payne scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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).
44/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 83% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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
−14.9
2016→2024
Fort Payne injury rate improved
Fort Payne's TCR fell 14.9 from 14.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 14.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=14.9 · 2017=5.7 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=9.7 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=8.3 · 2022=12.9 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322211 · Fort Payne, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 221% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #22/22
- PHOTO Watertown Box
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 14 inj
- SIZE ~24 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Watertown Box (0.0 TCR gap)
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Fort Payne in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Fort Payne
7.3 TCR
- Watertown Box
Watertown Box
7.3 TCR
- AGE El Paso Pl
AGE El Paso Plant
7.3 TCR
- Peachtree Pack
Peachtree Packaging, Inc.
7.2 TCR
- Rand-Whitney B
Rand-Whitney Boylston
7.2 TCR
What this shows Fort Payne averages 7.3 TCR (221% of the Corrugated and solid fiber boxes made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS benchmark).
Fort Payne TCR series: 2016=14.9 · 2017=5.7 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=9.7 · 2020=0 · 2021=8.3 · 2022=12.9 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3
Where Fort Payne falls in its industry
1,338 Corrugated and solid fiber box establishmentsSafer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.
Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 22 Corrugated and solid fiber box employers in Alabama.
Fort Payne has fewer employees than the Corrugated and solid fiber boxes made fr median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12.9 | 8.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.3 | 4.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 14.9 | 9.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322211 · AL · Fort Payne
1,338 Corrugated and solid fiber boxes made from purchased paper or paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 39 employers in Fort Payne, AL · 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 | Watertown Box | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | AGE El Paso Plant | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Peachtree Packaging, Inc. | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rand-Whitney Boylston | 7.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Young's Plant Farm, Inc. (Farm 1) | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cherokee Gin & Cotton Company | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Snead Growout | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Morgan Energy Center | 24 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Heil Environmental | 869 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PlayCore Wisconsin, Inc., dba GameTime | 446 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PlayCore | 386 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 691 | 383 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Jackson Coca-Cola | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sandusky Mall | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Arvada Store | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lodge Retirement community | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Qrp - Alp | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | GVT-Brunswick | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | PCSI Location 580 | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Walker's Furniture, Inc-#4 | 24 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.