Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · North Carolina
UPM Raflatac Mills River
Mills River, NC · ~280 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
UPM Raflatac Mills River runs at 110% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
UPM Raflatac Mills River: 3.6 TCR = 110% of Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
UPM Raflatac Mills River safety composite
UPM Raflatac Mills River scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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).
42/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 3.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 34% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.46 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% 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%).
TCR Δ
−3.1
2016→2023
UPM Raflatac Mills River injury rate improved
UPM Raflatac Mills River's TCR fell 3.1 from 4.6 in 2016 to 1.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=4.6 · 2017=3.2 · 2018=5.8 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=2.0 · 2023=1.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322220 · Mills River, NC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 110% of ind
- DART 1.5 DART
- RANK #16/22
- PHOTO Coveris Hazleton
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 62 inj
- SIZE ~280 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Coveris Hazleton (0.0 TCR gap)
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UPM Raflatac Mills River in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Covalence Spec
Covalence Specialty Adhesives, LLC
3.7 TCR
- Charlotte Pape
Charlotte Paper
3.7 TCR
- This site
UPM Raflatac Mills River
3.6 TCR
- Coveris Hazlet
Coveris Hazleton
3.6 TCR
- Patty Processi
Patty Processing, Inc.
3.6 TCR
What this shows UPM Raflatac Mills River averages 3.6 TCR (110% of the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS benchmark).
UPM Raflatac Mills River TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2017=3.2 · 2018=5.8 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=2 · 2023=1.5 · BLS 3.3
Where UPM Raflatac Mills River falls in its industry
349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat establishmentsSafer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 22 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat employers in North Carolina.
UPM Raflatac Mills River has more employees than the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper M median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322220 · NC · Mills River
349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 33 employers in Mills River, 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 | Coveris Hazleton | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Patty Processing, Inc. | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Covalence Specialty Adhesives, LLC | 3.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Charlotte Paper | 3.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Guy M. Turner, Inc. | 280 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Schaefer Systems International, Inc. | 280 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bowman Gray Technical Center - Research and Development | 280 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Amesbury Group Inc. | 280 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Linamar Light Metals-MR | 566 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mills River | 372 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UPM Raflatac, Inc | 259 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | GF Linamar, LLC | 242 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Joe Christensen, Inc. | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | RCF and New Hope | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Smyrna Terminal | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Always Fresh Farms, LLC | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | HQ Claysburg | 280 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Triangle Enterprises, Inc. | 280 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Lilly Company | 280 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Marine Biological Laboratory | 280 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.