Corrugated and solid fiber boxes made from purchased paper or paperboard · Arkansas

International Paper Fort Smith North Plant

Fort Smith, AR · ~110 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

International Paper Fort Smith North Plant runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Corrugated and solid fiber boxes made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade C.

International Paper Fort Smith North Plant: 2.9 TCR = 89% of Corrugated and solid fiber boxes made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

International Paper Fort Smith North Plant safety composite

International Paper Fort Smith North Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 39%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−2.8

2016→2019

International Paper Fort Smith North Plant injury rate improved

International Paper Fort Smith North Plant's TCR fell 2.8 from 4.4 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.4 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322211 · Fort Smith, AR AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 89% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/25
  • PHOTO Great Northern Corpo…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~110 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Great Northern Corporation - Chippewa Falls Fulfillment (0.0 TCR gap)

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International Paper Fort Smith North Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows International Paper Fort Smith North Plant averages 2.9 TCR (89% of the Corrugated and solid fiber boxes 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 Fort Smith North Plant TCR series: 2016=4.4 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where International Paper Fort Smith North Plant falls in its industry

1,338 Corrugated and solid fiber box establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 25 Corrugated and solid fiber box employers in Arkansas.

International Paper Fort Smith North Plant (110 employees, TCR 2.9) 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 Fort Smith North Plant
International Paper Fort Smith North Plant (110 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 2.4

International Paper Fort Smith North Plant has more 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
2019 1.6 0.0 2 0 0
2018 3.1 0.0 4 0 0
2017 2.7 0.9 3 0 0
2016 4.4 3.3 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322211 · AR · Fort Smith

1,338 Corrugated and solid fiber boxes made from purchased paper or paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 249 employers in Fort Smith, AR · 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 Great Northern Corporation - Chippewa Falls Fulfillment 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4647 Battle Creek Container 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pratt (Triad), LLC 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR SAICA PACK US LLC 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pinecrest Lumber Division 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE Del-Tin Fiber LLC 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Industries - Bentonville 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE Crane Composites Inc 110 FTE
CITY-NEAR MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH 1,944 FTE
CITY-NEAR ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc. - Fort Smith 1,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fort Smith - 5713 RS Boreham Jr Street 985 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith 970 FTE
NAT-TCR Walmart (WC USX WTT) 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 086 ABC Supply Co., Inc 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR West Palm, FL - 112 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Compton - 318 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kennett Square - Power HQ 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE State Farm Irving TX 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Capistrano Beach Care Center 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Washington Christian Village 110 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: 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.