Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · Tennessee

Jackson Novolex Plant

Jackson, TN · ~250 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Jackson Novolex Plant runs at 11% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Jackson Novolex Plant: 0.4 TCR = 11% of Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Jackson Novolex Plant safety composite

Jackson Novolex Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% 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

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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%).

Jackson Novolex Plant held a steady TCR band

Jackson Novolex Plant's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=0.0 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322220 · Jackson, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 11% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/7
  • PHOTO Headquarters
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~250 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Headquarters (0.0 TCR gap)

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Jackson Novolex Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Jackson Novolex Plant averages 0.4 TCR (11% of the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Jackson Novolex Plant TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Jackson Novolex Plant falls in its industry

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat establishments

Safer than 98% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 7 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat employers in Tennessee.

Jackson Novolex Plant (250 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Jackson Novolex Plant
Jackson Novolex Plant (250 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Jackson Novolex Plant has more employees than the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper M median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2023 0.3 0.3 1 0 0
2022 1.1 1.1 3 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322220 · TN · Jackson

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 233 employers in Jackson, 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 Headquarters 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3A Composites USA Inc. 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Berry Global 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Avery Dennison Performance Tapes 0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Clayton Savannah 250 FTE
STATE-SIZE Morgan Steel LLC 250 FTE
STATE-SIZE Superior Steel Inc 250 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clayton Homes Savannah 250 FTE
CITY-NEAR JACKSON MADISON COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL 4,844 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jackson Manufacturing Facility - KNA 1,210 FTE
CITY-NEAR Delta Faucet Company of Tennessee 1,125 FTE
CITY-NEAR Delta Jackson 1,046 FTE
NAT-TCR Pittsburgh - O'Hara, PA 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Marana, AZ 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 104732 - HDOT - Kapalama Wharf & Dredging 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hatfield, MA - 95 N Hatfield Road 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bryant 250 FTE
NAT-SIZE Polytainers Inc. 250 FTE
NAT-SIZE AdventHealth South Overland Park 250 FTE
NAT-SIZE Choice Fabricators 250 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, 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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