Pulp mills producing paper (except groundwood, newsprint) · North Carolina

International Paper - New Bern Mill

Name: International Paper - New Bern Mill Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Vanceboro, NC · ~321 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

International Paper - New Bern Mill runs at 33% 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 - New Bern Mill: 1.1 TCR = 33% of Pulp mills producing paper (except groundwood, newsprint) BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

International Paper - New Bern Mill safety composite

International Paper - New Bern Mill scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−1.1

2016→2019

International Paper - New Bern Mill injury rate improved

International Paper - New Bern Mill's TCR fell 1.1 from 1.6 in 2016 to 0.5 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.6 · 2019=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322121 · Vanceboro, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 33% of ind

DART 0.5 DART
RANK #3/12
PHOTO Citadel Industries- …
BOOK 2y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~321 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Citadel Industries- Division of Green Bay Packaging (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.1
Citadel Indust

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First Quality

1.1
Hawkinsville

1.1
Rhinelander Mi

1.1

What this shows International Paper - New Bern Mill averages 1.1 TCR (33% of the Pulp mills producing paper (except groundwood, newsprint) BLS benchmark).

International Paper - New Bern Mill TCR series: 2016=1.6 · 2019=0.5 · BLS 3.3

Where International Paper - New Bern Mill falls in its industry

317 Pulp mills producing paper (ex establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 12 Pulp mills producing paper (ex employers in North Carolina.

International Paper - New Bern Mill (321 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 146 employees and a TCR of 2.2

International Paper - New Bern 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
2019	0.5	0.5	2	0	0
2016	1.6	1.3	5	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322121 · NC · Vanceboro

317 Pulp mills producing paper (except groundwood, newsprint) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 6 employers in Vanceboro, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Citadel Industries- Division of Green Bay Packaging	AURORA, IL	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	First Quality Retail Services	KING OF PRUSSIA, PA	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hawkinsville	HAWKINSVILLE, GA	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Rhinelander Mill	RHINELANDER, WI	1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Cardinal Civil Contracting, LLC	RALEIGH	321 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Donley's Concrete Group LLC	APEX	321 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Supply Chain : Asheville CMC	ASHEVILLE	321 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1849	WINSTON SALEM	321 FTE
CITY-NEAR	New Bern Mill	Vanceboro	329 FTE
CITY-NEAR	New Bern	Vanceboro	96 FTE
CITY-NEAR	New Bern Lumber	Vanceboro	94 FTE
CITY-NEAR	02108 - STORE # 2108 VANCEBORO	Vanceboro	64 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ermco Der	Dyersburg, TN	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Clifton Ridge Marine terminal	Sulphur, LA	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Buchanan Middle School	Buchanan, MI	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	WSI- Matteson	Matteson, IL	1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Eaton County Health & Rehabilitation Services	Charlotte, MI	321 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fayette	Fayette, IA	321 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Omega Morgan	Hillsboro, OR	321 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Halliburton ICC	New Iberia, LA	321 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.