Paperboard mills · Indiana

International Paper-Newport Mill

Name: International Paper-Newport Mill Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Cayuga, IN · ~176 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

International Paper-Newport Mill runs at 40% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Paperboard mills workplace, earning a grade A.

International Paper-Newport Mill: 1.3 TCR = 40% of Paperboard mills BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

International Paper-Newport Mill safety composite

International Paper-Newport Mill scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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).

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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-Newport Mill: 0.6 → 2.0 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 2.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.13× in 2019

International Paper-Newport Mill's TCR rose 1.4 from 0.6 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.7 TCR. In 2019, DART was 1.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322130 · Cayuga, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 40% of ind

DART 1.5 DART
RANK #3/9
PHOTO International Paper …
BOOK 4y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~176 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: International Paper - Louisville Container (0.0 TCR gap)

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FILER CITY, MI

1.4
This site

1.3
International

1.3
Cedar River Mi

1.3
Alliance Sheet

1.3

What this shows International Paper-Newport Mill averages 1.3 TCR (40% of the Paperboard mills BLS benchmark).

International Paper-Newport Mill TCR series: 2016=0.6 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=0 · 2019=2 · BLS 3.3

Where International Paper-Newport Mill falls in its industry

181 Paperboard mills establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 9 Paperboard mills employers in Indiana.

International Paper-Newport Mill (176 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3

International Paper-Newport Mill has more employees than the Paperboard mills median and a lower 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
2019	2.0	1.5	4	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0	0
2017	2.7	2.2	4	1
2016	0.6	0.0	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322130 · IN · Cayuga

181 Paperboard mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 4 employers in Cayuga, IN · 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	International Paper - Louisville Container	LOUISVILLE, KY	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cedar River Mill	CEDAR RAPIDS, IA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Alliance Sheets, LLC	BRISTOL, IN	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	FILER CITY, MI	FILER CITY, MI	1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Crider & Crider, Inc	BLOOMINGTON	176 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Saturn Petcare Inc.	TERRE HAUTE	176 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Maple Leaf Farms, Inc., SER Plant and DC	MILFORD	176 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Columbus	COLUMBUS	176 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Newport Mill	Cayuga	180 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cayuga Generating Station	Cayuga	108 FTE
CITY-NEAR	RCRP ANDERSON WOODS	Cayuga	39 FTE
NAT-TCR	Silgan Plastics Penn Yan	Penn Yan, NY	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Taylorville CUSD #3	Taylorville, IL	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sundt Generating Station (TPP)	Tucson, AZ	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Clegg's Pest Control - Charlotte	Charlotte, NC	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Lynwood Nursing Home	Mobile, AL	176 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ed Parker	Plymouth, MN	176 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Water Resources	Scottsdale, AZ	176 FTE
NAT-SIZE	MIAMI 18601 NW 2nd Ave	Miami, FL	176 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.

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