Newsprint paper, manufacturing · Washington

Inland Empire Paper Company

Spokane, WA · ~153 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Inland Empire Paper Company runs at 321% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Newsprint paper, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Inland Empire Paper Company: 10.6 TCR = 321% of Newsprint paper, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Inland Empire Paper Company safety composite

Inland Empire Paper Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.3

2021→2024

Inland Empire Paper Company injury rate improved

Inland Empire Paper Company's TCR fell 1.3 from 10.9 in 2021 to 9.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=10.9 · 2022=11.2 · 2024=9.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322120 · Spokane, WA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 10.6 · 321% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK P0
  • PHOTO OR190 Toledo Paper
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 44 inj
  • SIZE ~153 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: OR190 Toledo Paper (3.3 TCR gap)

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Inland Empire Paper Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Inland Empire Paper Company averages 10.6 TCR (321% of the Newsprint paper, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Inland Empire Paper Company TCR series: 2021=10.9 · 2022=11.2 · 2024=9.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Inland Empire Paper Company falls in its industry

28 Newsprint paper, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Inland Empire Paper Company (153 employees, TCR 10.6) 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 Inland Empire Paper Company
Inland Empire Paper Company (153 employees, TCR 10.6) among 23 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 328 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Inland Empire Paper Company has fewer employees than the Newsprint paper, manufacturing median and a higher 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 9.6 4.2 16 0 0
2022 11.2 5.2 14 1 0
2021 10.9 6.1 14 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322120 · WA · Spokane

28 Newsprint paper, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 551 employers in Spokane, WA · 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 OR190 Toledo Paper 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR FIBERCEL PACKAGING LLC 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR NY120 Plattsburgh Paper 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northbrook 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Microsoft Washington Village 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Del Monte Foods, Inc. Toppenish Plant 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spokane Industries 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Colmac Coil Manufacturing, Inc. 153 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2252-00000345 6,769 FTE
CITY-NEAR WA642 SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER-SPOKANE HR 5,062 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - GEG1 2,476 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Spokane 2,451 FTE
NAT-TCR Neuvant House of Lawrence 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mullican Care Center 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Delta Fabrication Inc. 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Texas Corrugators 10.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Flint Group 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE PolyJohn Enterprises 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Lakeview 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Miami Airport 153 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, 2022, 2021. 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.