Pulp manufacturing (made from bagasse, linters, rags, straw, wastepaper, or wood) without making paper · Tennessee

International Paper

Elizabethton, TN · ~67 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

International Paper runs at 42% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Pulp manufacturing (made from bagasse, linters, rags, straw, wastepaper, or wood) without making paper workplace, earning a grade A.

International Paper: 1.4 TCR = 42% of Pulp manufacturing (made from bagasse, linters, rags, straw, wastepaper, or wood) without making paper BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

International Paper safety composite

International Paper scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 54%), 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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 held a steady TCR band

International Paper's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=4.6 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=2.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322110 · Elizabethton, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 42% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO Chattanooga Southern…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~67 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chattanooga Southern Cellulose (0.0 TCR gap)

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International Paper in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows International Paper averages 1.4 TCR (42% of the Pulp manufacturing (made from bagasse, linters, rags, straw, wastepaper, or wood) without making paper BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

International Paper TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=4.6 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=2.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where International Paper falls in its industry

46 Pulp manufacturing (made from establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Pulp manufacturing (made from employers in Tennessee.

International Paper (67 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 123 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate International Paper
International Paper (67 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 123 employees and a TCR of 2.0

International Paper has fewer employees than the Pulp manufacturing (made from bagasse, l median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.4 1.2 2 0 0
2020 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2018 4.6 0.0 3 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322110 · TN · Elizabethton

46 Pulp manufacturing (made from bagasse, linters, rags, straw, wastepaper, or wood) without making paper employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 30 employers in Elizabethton, TN · 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 Chattanooga Southern Cellulose 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Riegelwood Mill 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Columbus Mill 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR ND Fairmont LLC 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mid-State Construction Co., Inc. 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Triad Corp. 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Morgan Inc 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Runyon Memphis Plant 67 FTE
CITY-NEAR Snap-on Tools Elizabethton 441 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 690 398 FTE
CITY-NEAR 690 359 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sycamore Shoals Hospital 337 FTE
NAT-TCR Musgrove Construction, LLC 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR PirTano Construction Co 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Alta Enterprises LLC- Calumet City 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Zeus Branchburg 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Goodwill CFL - SOBT Retail 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1257 Elko Drive 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Legend Senior Living Home Office 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE FoodTown #010 67 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: 2024, 2021, 2020, 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.