Paperboard mills · Georgia

International Paper Company

Rome, GA · ~538 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
2
Fatalities
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The verdict

International Paper Company runs at 69% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Paperboard mills workplace, earning a grade B.

International Paper Company: 2.3 TCR = 69% of Paperboard mills BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

International Paper Company safety composite

International Paper Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

D

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 2

Safer than 0% 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%).

International Paper Company held a steady TCR band

International Paper Company's TCR held near 0.1 from 1.8 in 2018 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=1.8 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=0.8 · 2024=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322130 · Rome, GA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 69% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #7/11
  • PHOTO Covington Mill
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~538 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Covington Mill (0.0 TCR gap)

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International Paper Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows International Paper Company averages 2.3 TCR (69% of the Paperboard mills BLS benchmark).

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

International Paper Company TCR series: 2018=1.8 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=0.8 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where International Paper Company falls in its industry

181 Paperboard mills establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 11 Paperboard mills employers in Georgia.

International Paper Company (538 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate International Paper Company
International Paper Company (538 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3

International Paper Company has more employees than the Paperboard mills median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 1.9 1.3 11 1 1
2022 0.8 0.7 5 0 0
2021 4.6 4.2 4 23 1
2018 1.8 0.9 10 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322130 · GA · Rome

181 Paperboard mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 147 employers in Rome, GA · 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 Covington Mill 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elk Grove-IP 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Concept Imaging Group- Richmond 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gold Bond Building Products, LLC 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Southern Company Gas Corperate Headquarters 538 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rome Mill 538 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tractor Supply Company Distribution Center 0120 538 FTE
STATE-SIZE Molson Coors 537 FTE
CITY-NEAR ROME 9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center 3,290 FTE
CITY-NEAR Floyd Medical Center 2,748 FTE
CITY-NEAR Floyd Healthcare Management Inc 2,741 FTE
NAT-TCR 1892 Sby66 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Terry's Electric 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Controlled Contamination Services 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Tecta America East, LLC 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gerdau - 01 538 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wasatch Electric 538 FTE
NAT-SIZE SRG Global Trim LLC 538 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parker and sons 538 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, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.