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Newport Paper - B352

Newport, TN · ~96 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Newport Paper - B352 runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Paper workplace, earning a grade A.

Newport Paper - B352: 0.6 TCR = 18% of Paper BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Newport Paper - B352 safety composite

Newport Paper - B352 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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 0.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

Newport Paper - B352 held a steady TCR band

Newport Paper - B352's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322121 · Newport, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 18% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/14
  • PHOTO Kimberly-Clark Profe…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~96 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kimberly-Clark Professional (0.0 TCR gap)

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Newport Paper - B352 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Newport Paper - B352 averages 0.6 TCR (18% of the Paper BLS benchmark).

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

Newport Paper - B352 TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Newport Paper - B352 falls in its industry

317 Paper establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

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 14 Paper employers in Tennessee.

Newport Paper - B352 (96 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 146 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Newport Paper - B352
Newport Paper - B352 (96 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 146 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Newport Paper - B352 has fewer employees than the Paper median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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 2.7 0.0 0 3 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.9 0.9 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322121 · TN · Newport

317 Paper employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 38 employers in Newport, 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 Kimberly-Clark Professional 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marlboro 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eastover Mill 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Angleboard / Reddi-Pac 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE PHRG NSH 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grinder, Taber & Grinder, Inc 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE HICKORY HOLLOW PKWY - CNS202 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Best Choice Roofing Middle Tennessee LLC 96 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Newport TN Housing 567 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smoky Mountain Family Farms LLC - Newport TN Farm 470 FTE
CITY-NEAR Newport 456 FTE
CITY-NEAR Newport TN 422 FTE
NAT-TCR Oxnard 300 Facility 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Goss Supply Company 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Parks Metal Products Inc 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Main Office IN 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE People For People Headquarters 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Loadmaster Corporation 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fossil Rim Wildlife Center 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Industrial TX Corp 96 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. 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.