Paper Mills · Mississippi

Pickens Mill

Pickens, MS · ~47 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pickens Mill runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Paper Mills workplace, earning a grade B.

Pickens Mill: 2.0 TCR = 62% of Paper Mills BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pickens Mill safety composite

Pickens Mill scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 89% 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.5

2016→2020

Pickens Mill injury rate improved

Pickens Mill's TCR fell 2.5 from 2.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.5 · 2018=3.9 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322121 · Pickens, MS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 62% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/5
  • PHOTO Pixelle Specialty So…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pixelle Specialty Solutions (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pickens Mill in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pickens Mill averages 2.0 TCR (62% of the Paper Mills BLS benchmark).

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

Pickens Mill TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2018=3.9 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Pickens Mill falls in its industry

317 Paper Mills establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Paper Mills employers in Mississippi.

Pickens Mill (47 employees, TCR 2.0) 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 Pickens Mill
Pickens Mill (47 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 146 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Pickens Mill has fewer employees than the Paper Mills 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2018 3.9 1.9 2 0 0
2016 2.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322121 · MS · Pickens

317 Paper Mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 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 Pixelle Specialty Solutions 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clearwater Paper Ladysmith 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hutchinson - Paper - B282 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cascades Tissue Group - Rockingham 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Clinton Network 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tippah Electric Power Association 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Moss Point MS 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE D.N.P.,INC. 47 FTE
NAT-TCR Vimco.250 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 874 The Woodlands TX 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Rocky Mountain Energy Center 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Arcelormittal Monessen 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE MTI Swanton 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1585 Broadway 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Green Hill Manor 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Acuity Brands Granville 47 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.