Pulp manufacturing (made from bagasse, linters, rags, straw, wastepaper, or wood) without making paper · North Carolina
Riegelwood Mill
Riegelwood, NC · ~619 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Riegelwood Mill runs at 43% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Pulp manufacturing (made from bagasse, linters, rags, straw, wastepaper, or wood) without making paper workplace, earning a grade A.
Riegelwood Mill: 1.4 TCR = 43% of Pulp manufacturing (made from bagasse, linters, rags, straw, wastepaper, or wood) without making paper BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Riegelwood Mill safety composite
Riegelwood Mill scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 4%), 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).
47/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 1.43 per 100 workers
Safer than 63% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.72 per 100 workers
Safer than 58% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 4% 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
Riegelwood Mill: 1.1 → 1.6 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 3.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.5× in 2024
Riegelwood Mill's TCR rose 0.5 from 1.1 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322110 · Riegelwood, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 43% of ind
- DART 0.7 DART
- RANK #1/4
- PHOTO International Paper
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 81 inj
- SIZE ~619 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: International Paper (0.1 TCR gap)
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Riegelwood Mill in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- AL217 Alabama
AL217 Alabama River Cellulose
1.5 TCR
- AL217 Alabama
AL217 Alabama River Cellulose
1.5 TCR
- This site
Riegelwood Mill
1.4 TCR
- International
International Paper
1.4 TCR
- Chattanooga So
Chattanooga Southern Cellulose
1.4 TCR
What this shows Riegelwood Mill averages 1.4 TCR (43% of the Pulp manufacturing (made from bagasse, linters, rags, straw, wastepaper, or wood) without making paper BLS benchmark).
Riegelwood Mill TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=1 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=0.6 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Riegelwood Mill falls in its industry
46 Pulp manufacturing (made from establishmentsSafer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Pulp manufacturing (made from employers in North Carolina.
Riegelwood Mill has more employees than the Pulp manufacturing (made from bagasse, l median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 13 | 10 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322110 · NC · Riegelwood
46 Pulp manufacturing (made from bagasse, linters, rags, straw, wastepaper, or wood) without making paper employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 11 employers in Riegelwood, 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 | International Paper | 1.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Chattanooga Southern Cellulose | 1.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | AL217 Alabama River Cellulose | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | AL217 Alabama River Cellulose | 1.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Smithfield | 618 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Industrial Connections and Solutions LLC | 620 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Masterbrand Cabinets LLC | 620 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WFBMC - Wilkes Medical Center | 618 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | West Fraser Inc - Armour Lumber Mill | 172 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | West Fraser - Armour Mill | 170 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | West Fraser, Armour | 155 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Munn-Xpress | 55 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Concrete Preservation | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Renfro - Cleveland Plant | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Global Pump Solutions Fybroc | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Delta Tool | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | LORD Corporation - Erie | 619 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | PSEG LI Customer Services | 619 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Temple University Health System Corporate Offices | 619 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Erie | 619 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.