Paper and paperboard converting machinery manufacturing · South Carolina

Sylvamo

Sumter, SC · ~118 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sylvamo runs at 23% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Paper and paperboard converting machinery manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Sylvamo: 0.8 TCR = 23% of Paper and paperboard converting machinery manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sylvamo safety composite

Sylvamo scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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 0.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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%).

Sylvamo held a steady TCR band

Sylvamo's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.8 in 2023 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 0.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=0.8 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333243 · Sumter, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 23% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/6
  • PHOTO NASHVILLE - PPD
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~118 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NASHVILLE - PPD (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sylvamo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sylvamo averages 0.8 TCR (23% of the Paper and paperboard converting machinery manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Sylvamo TCR series: 2023=0.8 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Sylvamo falls in its industry

137 Paper and paperboard convertin establishments

Safer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 6 Paper and paperboard convertin employers in South Carolina.

Sylvamo (118 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Sylvamo
Sylvamo (118 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Sylvamo has more employees than the Paper and paperboard converting machiner median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 0.8 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333243 · SC · Sumter

137 Paper and paperboard converting machinery manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 130 employers in Sumter, SC · 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 NASHVILLE - PPD 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Texarkana Machine Inc -1 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cranston Machinery Co Inc 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pierce Construction & Maintenance Co., Inc. 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Plant 07 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE Norbord 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE International Paper Sumter Sheet Converting 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE EMS-CHEMIE (North America) Inc., USA 118 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thompson Construction Group 2,328 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prisma Health Tuomey 1,440 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sumter Utilities, Inc. 1,370 FTE
CITY-NEAR Continental Tire the Americas LLC - Sumter Plant 1,350 FTE
NAT-TCR Ppe, LLC 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Compass Minerals Ogden Inc 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR NeuWave Medical Madison 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Wildcat Contractors, Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE European Imports 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE P.W. Campbell Contracting Co 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Altium Packaging - Turners Falls Plant 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Martin'S Food Markets 6426 118 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.