Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard · Minnesota

International Paper - Austin

Austin, MN · ~157 workers · 5 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

International Paper - Austin runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade A.

International Paper - Austin: 1.5 TCR = 45% of Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

International Paper - Austin safety composite

International Paper - Austin scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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

−0.8

2019→2023

International Paper - Austin injury rate improved

International Paper - Austin's TCR fell 0.8 from 1.3 in 2019 to 0.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 2.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.3 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=0.6 · 2023=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322211 · Austin, MN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 45% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/30
  • PHOTO Vermont Container Corp
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~157 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Vermont Container Corp (0.0 TCR gap)

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International Paper - Austin in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows International Paper - Austin averages 1.5 TCR (45% of the Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS benchmark).

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

International Paper - Austin TCR series: 2019=1.3 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=0.6 · 2023=0.5 · BLS 3.3

Where International Paper - Austin falls in its industry

1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 30 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi employers in Minnesota.

International Paper - Austin (157 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0100200300 0123456 Average employees Total Case Rate International Paper - Austin
International Paper - Austin (157 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 2.4

International Paper - Austin has more employees than the Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made median and a lower 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
2023 0.5 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.6 0.6 1 0 0
2021 2.6 0.7 4 0 0
2020 2.5 0.6 4 0 0
2019 1.3 0.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322211 · MN · Austin

1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 75 employers in Austin, MN · 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 Vermont Container Corp 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lexington Container 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cedar Rapids Container 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR International Paper - Arden Hills 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Landwher Construction INC 157 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thermo-Tech Windows LLC 157 FTE
STATE-SIZE Molded 157 FTE
STATE-SIZE Resonetics Hutchinson 157 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hormel Foods - Austin 1,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hormel Foods - Austin Plant 1,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hormel Foods Corporation 1,581 FTE
CITY-NEAR Quality Pork Processors Inc. 1,208 FTE
NAT-TCR KS Energy Services (New Berlin) 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Marcus Paint Company 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR LEO Construction Co. 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Petra Chemical Company 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Spine Hospital of Louisiana 157 FTE
NAT-SIZE Yenkin-Majestic Paint Corp. 157 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pleasant Valley Manor 157 FTE
NAT-SIZE BT Plymouth 157 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.