Pulp mills producing paper (except groundwood, newsprint) · Virginia
International Paper Franklin Mill
Franklin, VA · ~318 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
International Paper Franklin Mill runs at 29% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Pulp mills producing paper (except groundwood, newsprint) workplace, earning a grade A.
International Paper Franklin Mill: 1.0 TCR = 29% of Pulp mills producing paper (except groundwood, newsprint) BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
International Paper Franklin Mill safety composite
International Paper Franklin Mill scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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).
59/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 0.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 84% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.53 per 100 workers
Safer than 72% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 2% 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 Franklin Mill held a steady TCR band
International Paper Franklin Mill's TCR held near 0.2 from 1.0 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=1.0 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=0.5 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=0.6 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=0.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322121 · Franklin, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 29% of ind
- DART 0.5 DART
- RANK #1/4
- PHOTO INTERNATIONAL FALLS,…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 19 inj
- SIZE ~318 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN (0.0 TCR gap)
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International Paper Franklin Mill in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
International Paper Franklin Mill
1 TCR
- INTERNATIONAL
INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN
1 TCR
- Green Bay Pack
Green Bay Packaging-Arkansas Kraft Division
0.9 TCR
- Wisco Envelope
Wisco Envelope Company
0.9 TCR
- ST Paper 1, LL
ST Paper 1, LLC
0.9 TCR
What this shows International Paper Franklin Mill averages 1.0 TCR (29% of the Pulp mills producing paper (except groundwood, newsprint) BLS benchmark).
International Paper Franklin Mill TCR series: 2016=1 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=0.5 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=0.6 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 3.3
Where International Paper Franklin Mill falls in its industry
317 Pulp mills producing paper (ex establishmentsSafer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Pulp mills producing paper (ex employers in Virginia.
International Paper Franklin Mill has more employees than the Pulp mills producing paper (except groun median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322121 · VA · Franklin
317 Pulp mills producing paper (except groundwood, newsprint) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 35 employers in Franklin, VA · 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 | INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN | 1.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Green Bay Packaging-Arkansas Kraft Division | 0.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wisco Envelope Company | 0.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ST Paper 1, LLC | 0.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 3077 | 318 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | UVA Haymarket Medical Center | 318 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ROANOKE VA PLANT (BBL) | 317 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sysco Hampton Roads | 317 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | South Hampton Medical Center | 331 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 2705 | 280 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2705 | 273 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Southampton Memorial hospital | 190 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Home Sevice Corporation | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Billerud | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | HICAPS, Inc. | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Chapel Hill Operations | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Rochester Metal Products | 318 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | On Computer Services dba Unified Power LLC | 318 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dallas Service Center | 318 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Anheuser-Busch LLC | 318 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.