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

International Paper - Middletown Container

Middletown, OH · ~107 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

International Paper - Middletown Container runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade B.

International Paper - Middletown Container: 2.5 TCR = 76% of Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

International Paper - Middletown Container safety composite

International Paper - Middletown Container scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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%).

Rising injury rate

International Paper - Middletown Container: 1.7 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 3.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2019

International Paper - Middletown Container's TCR rose 1.6 from 1.7 in 2018 to 3.3 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322211 · Middletown, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 76% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #60/109
  • PHOTO Premier Packaging, L…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~107 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Premier Packaging, LLC- Fontana DC (0.0 TCR gap)

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International Paper - Middletown Container in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows International Paper - Middletown Container averages 2.5 TCR (76% 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 - Middletown Container TCR series: 2018=1.7 · 2019=3.3 · BLS 3.3

Where International Paper - Middletown Container falls in its industry

1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #60 safest of 109 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi employers in Ohio.

International Paper - Middletown Container (107 employees, TCR 2.5) 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 - Middletown Container
International Paper - Middletown Container (107 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 2.4

International Paper - Middletown Container has more employees than the Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made 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 3.3 2.5 3 1 0
2018 1.7 0.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322211 · OH · Middletown

1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 125 employers in Middletown, OH · 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 Premier Packaging, LLC- Fontana DC 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR OXFORD 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rusken Packaging Cullman 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SupplyOne Dallas - Fort Worth 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE 292-NiSource-Columbus OH-East Op Ctr 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE GEILERCO 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anderson Aluminum Corporation 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE Reliable Contractors Inc 107 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp. Middletown Works 2,339 FTE
CITY-NEAR AK Steel - Middletown Works 2,288 FTE
CITY-NEAR 870 - EFC1 Monroe, OH 1,629 FTE
CITY-NEAR Atrium Medical Center 1,345 FTE
NAT-TCR Independence Light & Power, Telecommunications 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Cadillac Presentation Solutions 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Stocker Bus Company 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Bowles Mechanical Inc. dba Environmental Services of Charlotte 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Diamond Structures Inc. 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parking Lot Maintenance Inc 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE Olympic Products LLC 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grace Living Center-Norman 107 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.