Employer · Virginia

VA006 Big Island Paper

Big Island, VA · ~328 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

VA006 Big Island Paper runs at 80% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical industry workplace, earning a grade C.

VA006 Big Island Paper: 2.6 TCR = 80% of industry BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VA006 Big Island Paper safety composite

VA006 Big Island Paper scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43% 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).

F

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

VA006 Big Island Paper: 1.4 → 3.7 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 4.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.07× in 2024

VA006 Big Island Paper's TCR rose 2.3 from 1.4 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322120 · Big Island, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.6 · 80% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK P43
  • PHOTO WI111 Green Bay Day …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 74 inj
  • SIZE ~328 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WI111 Green Bay Day Street (0.0 TCR gap)

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VA006 Big Island Paper in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows VA006 Big Island Paper averages 2.6 TCR (80% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

VA006 Big Island Paper TCR series: 2016=1.4 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=1.4 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 3.3

Where VA006 Big Island Paper falls in its industry

28 industry establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
VA006 Big Island Paper (328 employees, TCR 2.6) among 23 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 328 employees and a TCR of 2.6 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 24 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate VA006 Big Island Paper
VA006 Big Island Paper (328 employees, TCR 2.6) among 23 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 328 employees and a TCR of 2.6

VA006 Big Island Paper has more employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 3.7 2.8 13 0 0
2023 1.4 0.6 5 0 0
2022 4.3 3.5 12 3 0
2020 1.4 0.8 5 0 0
2019 2.1 1.3 8 0 0
2018 4.5 4.2 17 0 0
2017 2.4 2.1 9 0 0
2016 1.4 0.8 5 0 1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322120 · VA · Big Island

28 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 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 WI111 Green Bay Day Street 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR AL207 Naheola Paper 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Flower City Tissue Mills Company Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR OK052 Muskogee Tissue 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Spotsylvania Solar SPower 18145011 328 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1524 328 FTE
STATE-SIZE EGS Financial Care, Inc. - Virginia Beach 328 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Bristol 328 FTE
CITY-NEAR Georgia Pacific 19 FTE
NAT-TCR Freshpet Kitchens Plant 3 - Ennis Texas 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Pumping Services Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Bulk First LLC 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Jack Daniel Distillery 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE TX408 Pineland Lumber/ Log Studs 328 FTE
NAT-SIZE Visiting Nurse Health System 328 FTE
NAT-SIZE Center for Employment Opportunities Inc. 328 FTE
NAT-SIZE Offerpad LLC. 328 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, 2022, 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.