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

International Paper South Plant

Fort Smith, AR · ~150 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

International Paper South Plant runs at 28% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade A.

International Paper South Plant: 0.9 TCR = 28% of Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

International Paper South Plant safety composite

International Paper South Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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%).

International Paper South Plant held a steady TCR band

International Paper South Plant's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.6 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 1.4 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.6 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 28% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/25
  • PHOTO International Paper …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~150 FTE

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

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International Paper South Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows International Paper South Plant averages 0.9 TCR (28% 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 South Plant TCR series: 2016=0.6 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=0.8 · BLS 3.3

Where International Paper South Plant falls in its industry

1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi establishments

Safer than 87% 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 #2 safest of 25 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi employers in Arkansas.

International Paper South Plant (150 employees, TCR 0.9) 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 South Plant
International Paper South Plant (150 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 2.4

International Paper South Plant has more employees than the Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made median and a lower 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
2018 0.8 0.0 1 0 0
2017 1.4 1.4 2 0 0
2016 0.6 0.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322211 · AR · Fort Smith

1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, 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 International Paper - Edinburg Container 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4374 St Cloud MN Container 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4622 SPB Florida 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fox Valley 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Forsgren, INC. 150 FTE
STATE-SIZE Advanced Marine Performance, LLC 150 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ashton Place Health and Rehabilitaion 150 FTE
STATE-SIZE NMF inc. 151 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 Goldsboro Grain Company 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Mundy Maintenance and Services LLC Job #31827 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Kansas City Vehicle and Powertrain Operations 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Headquarters 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE LECESSE Construction Services LLC. 150 FTE
NAT-SIZE PolyOne Dyersburg 150 FTE
NAT-SIZE Covenant Village of Turlock 150 FTE
NAT-SIZE AFE Massena Operations 150 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: 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.