Paper mills, newsprint · Tennessee

Resolute Forest Products, Calhoun Operations

Name: Resolute Forest Products, Calhoun Operations Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Calhoun, TN · ~650 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · September 26, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Resolute Forest Products, Calhoun Operations runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Paper mills, newsprint workplace, earning a grade B.

Resolute Forest Products, Calhoun Operations: 2.5 TCR = 77% of Paper mills, newsprint BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Resolute Forest Products, Calhoun Operations safety composite

Resolute Forest Products, Calhoun Operations scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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).

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 2.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers
DART rate: F 1.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Resolute Forest Products, Calhoun Operations: 2.3 → 2.8 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 2.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.43× in 2017

Resolute Forest Products, Calhoun Operations's TCR rose 0.6 from 2.3 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322122 · Calhoun, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 77% of ind

DART 1.1 DART
RANK P10
PHOTO 4503 Florence Mill
BOOK 2y book
INJ 16 inj
SIZE ~650 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4503 Florence Mill (0.6 TCR gap)

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2.5
4503 Florence

1.9
North Pacific

1.7
Stellar Printi

1.7
Florence Mill

1.1

What this shows Resolute Forest Products, Calhoun Operations averages 2.5 TCR (77% of the Paper mills, newsprint BLS benchmark).

Resolute Forest Products, Calhoun Operations TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=2.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Resolute Forest Products, Calhoun Operations falls in its industry

10 Paper mills, newsprint establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.7.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Resolute Forest Products, Calhoun Operations (650 employees, TCR 2.5) among 9 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 419 employees and a TCR of 1.7

Resolute Forest Products, Calhoun Operations has more employees than the Paper mills, newsprint median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.7. 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
2017	2.8	1.1	10	11	0
2016	2.3	0.7	6	10	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322122 · TN · Calhoun

10 Paper mills, newsprint employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 4 employers in Calhoun, TN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	4503 Florence Mill	FLORENCE, SC	1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	North Pacific Paper Company LLC	LONGVIEW, WA	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Stellar Printing, Inc	LONG ISLAND CITY, NY	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Florence Mill	FLORENCE, SC	1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	AS-Murfreesboro Facility-00096	MURFREESBORO	650 FTE
STATE-SIZE	381	MEMPHIS	651 FTE
STATE-SIZE	PathGroup 658 Grassmere	NASHVILLE	651 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Miller Industries	OOLTEWAH	649 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Resolute FP US Inc.	Calhoun	550 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Resolute Forest Products Calhoun Mill	Calhoun	215 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SII Calhoun	Calhoun	20 FTE
NAT-TCR	Northwest	Las Vegas, NV	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	ADS Waverly	Waverly, NY	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ryder Columbus 4919	Lockbourne, OH	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Kona Brewpub and Brewery	Kailua Kona, HI	2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Corporate Office	Harrisburg, PA	650 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bravo! Building Services Regional Bbspa	Philadelphia, PA	650 FTE
NAT-SIZE	La Cantera Resort and Spa	San Antonio, TX	650 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lumentum Corporate	San Jose, CA	650 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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