Paperboard (e.g., can/drum stock, container board, corrugating medium, folding carton stock, linerboard, tube) manufacturing · North Carolina

Jackson Paper Manufacturing Company

Sylva, NC · ~114 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Jackson Paper Manufacturing Company runs at 188% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Paperboard (e.g., can/drum stock, container board, corrugating medium, folding carton stock, linerboard, tube) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Jackson Paper Manufacturing Company: 6.2 TCR = 188% of Paperboard (e.g., can/drum stock, container board, corrugating medium, folding carton stock, linerboard, tube) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Jackson Paper Manufacturing Company safety composite

Jackson Paper Manufacturing Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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).

F

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.6

2016→2024

Jackson Paper Manufacturing Company injury rate improved

Jackson Paper Manufacturing Company's TCR fell 1.6 from 7.1 in 2016 to 5.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 11.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.1 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=5.6 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=5.0 · 2022=5.0 · 2023=11.3 · 2024=5.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322130 · Sylva, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 188% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #6/8
  • PHOTO Allpak Container
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 66 inj
  • SIZE ~114 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Allpak Container (0.0 TCR gap)

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Jackson Paper Manufacturing Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Jackson Paper Manufacturing Company averages 6.2 TCR (188% of the Paperboard (e.g., can/drum stock, container board, corrugating medium, folding carton stock, linerboard, tube) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Jackson Paper Manufacturing Company TCR series: 2016=7.1 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=5.6 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=5 · 2022=5 · 2023=11.3 · 2024=5.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Jackson Paper Manufacturing Company falls in its industry

181 Paperboard (e.g., can/drum sto establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 8 Paperboard (e.g., can/drum sto employers in North Carolina.

Jackson Paper Manufacturing Company (114 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Jackson Paper Manufacturing Company
Jackson Paper Manufacturing Company (114 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Jackson Paper Manufacturing Company has fewer employees than the Paperboard (e.g., can/drum stock, contai median and a higher 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 Fatalities
2024 5.5 3.2 7 0 0
2023 11.3 7.3 14 0 0
2022 5.0 1.7 6 0 0
2021 5.0 3.4 5 1 0
2020 1.6 0.8 2 0 0
2019 7.2 3.2 9 0 0
2018 5.6 3.2 7 0 0
2017 7.3 4.9 8 1 0
2016 7.1 4.8 8 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322130 · NC · Sylva

181 Paperboard (e.g., can/drum stock, container board, corrugating medium, folding carton stock, linerboard, tube) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 28 employers in Sylva, NC · 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 Allpak Container 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Newark Group DBA Greif - Los Angeles Mill 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR CALLENOR CO 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Caraustar Mill 1 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Buy Sod USA, LLC 114 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cliffside Steam Station 114 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pike Telecom and Renewables Pennsylvania Statewide Operations 114 FTE
STATE-SIZE Turner Asphalt LLC 114 FTE
CITY-NEAR HARRIS REGIONAL HOSPITAL 576 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jackson County 513 FTE
CITY-NEAR DLP Harris Regional Hospital LLC 505 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2440 300 FTE
NAT-TCR City of Corunna 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Glenwood Headquarters 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Chicago 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Maine Track Maintenance Waterville Office 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Scalise Industries Corporation 114 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dover 114 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pittsburgh Operations 114 FTE
NAT-SIZE Medilodge of Yale 114 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, 2020, 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.