Paperboard mills · Texas

Smurfit Kappa Forney Mill

Forney, TX · ~276 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Smurfit Kappa Forney Mill runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Paperboard mills workplace, earning a grade A.

Smurfit Kappa Forney Mill: 1.6 TCR = 48% of Paperboard mills BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smurfit Kappa Forney Mill safety composite

Smurfit Kappa Forney Mill scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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%).

Smurfit Kappa Forney Mill held a steady TCR band

Smurfit Kappa Forney Mill's TCR held near 0.1 from 2.3 in 2016 to 2.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.3 · 2017=0.6 · 2018=1.0 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=1.0 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322130 · Forney, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 48% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #6/7
  • PHOTO US Gypsum North Kans…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~276 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: US Gypsum North Kansas City (0.0 TCR gap)

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Smurfit Kappa Forney Mill in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Smurfit Kappa Forney Mill averages 1.6 TCR (48% of the Paperboard mills BLS benchmark).

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

Smurfit Kappa Forney Mill TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=0.6 · 2018=1 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=1 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=2.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Smurfit Kappa Forney Mill falls in its industry

181 Paperboard mills establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Paperboard mills employers in Texas.

Smurfit Kappa Forney Mill (276 employees, TCR 1.6) 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 Smurfit Kappa Forney Mill
Smurfit Kappa Forney Mill (276 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Smurfit Kappa Forney Mill has more employees than the Paperboard mills median and a lower 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
2023 2.4 1.4 6 1 0
2022 2.5 1.8 7 0 0
2021 1.4 1.4 4 0 0
2020 1.0 1.0 3 0 0
2019 1.3 1.0 4 0 0
2018 1.0 0.7 3 0 0
2017 0.6 0.6 2 0 0
2016 2.3 2.0 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322130 · TX · Forney

181 Paperboard mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 40 employers in Forney, TX · 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 US Gypsum North Kansas City 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4508 Stevenson Mill 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR International Paper - Pine Hill Mill 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mahrt Mill 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Coterra Energy Inc. 276 FTE
STATE-SIZE CHASCO CONSTRUCTORS 276 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greater Austin Development 276 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clear Lake 276 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - FTW5 1,017 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5191 391 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5191 381 FTE
CITY-NEAR Intex Electrical Contractors, Inc 293 FTE
NAT-TCR Hydro Portland Main Plant 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Bergstrom INC., Blackhawk Rd 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Bay Country Professional Concrete, LLC 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Rassey Industries, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Blackmer-A Dover Resources Co 276 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bethany Home Society of San Joaq 276 FTE
NAT-SIZE Overmyer Plant 276 FTE
NAT-SIZE amcor Healthcare Oshkosh 276 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.