Paper or pulp mill construction · Michigan

Verso Escanaba Mill

Escanaba, MI · ~879 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Verso Escanaba Mill runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Paper or pulp mill construction workplace, earning a grade A.

Verso Escanaba Mill: 1.1 TCR = 38% of Paper or pulp mill construction BLS 2.9 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Verso Escanaba Mill safety composite

Verso Escanaba Mill scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.8

2016→2021

Verso Escanaba Mill injury rate improved

Verso Escanaba Mill's TCR fell 0.8 from 1.6 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.6 · 2017=1.0 · 2018=1.0 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236210 · Escanaba, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 38% of ind

  • DART 0.1 DART
  • RANK #13/39
  • PHOTO Valley Wide Engineer…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 64 inj
  • SIZE ~879 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Valley Wide Engineering & Construction, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Verso Escanaba Mill in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Verso Escanaba Mill averages 1.1 TCR (38% of the Paper or pulp mill construction BLS benchmark).

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

Verso Escanaba Mill TCR series: 2016=1.6 · 2017=1 · 2018=1 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=0.8 · BLS 2.9

Where Verso Escanaba Mill falls in its industry

924 Paper or pulp mill constructio establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 39 Paper or pulp mill constructio employers in Michigan.

Verso Escanaba Mill (879 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Verso Escanaba Mill
Verso Escanaba Mill (879 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Verso Escanaba Mill has more employees than the Paper or pulp mill construction median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2021 0.8 0.1 7 0 0
2020 0.8 0.1 7 0 0
2019 1.4 0.5 14 0 0
2018 1.0 0.6 10 0 0
2017 1.0 0.3 10 0 0
2016 1.6 0.7 16 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236210 · MI · Escanaba

924 Paper or pulp mill construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 50 employers in Escanaba, MI · 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 Valley Wide Engineering & Construction, Inc 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Boldt Company - MN 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Morgan Industrial 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Casey Industrial, Inc 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mary Free Bed Main Campus 878 FTE
STATE-SIZE Howmet - Whitehall Castings Plant 1 and 3 881 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ventra Grand Rapids Plant 5 881 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - DTW8 881 FTE
CITY-NEAR Billerud Escanaba Mill 866 FTE
CITY-NEAR OSF St Francis Hospital 487 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Francis Hospital and Medical Group 436 FTE
CITY-NEAR Menominee Delta Schoolcraft CAA 332 FTE
NAT-TCR Sutter Medical Foundation (185-263) 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR California Pacific Medical Center (274-CC-STR) 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Primoris Services Corporation-Equipment East 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Finance Department 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE CMBK Resort Holdings LLC 879 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon Transportation Services : LAS5 879 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amzl : Dna1 879 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center 879 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.