Paper (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) manufacturing

NAICS 322121

Workplace safety data for employers in this industry

Employers
311
Avg TCR (this industry)
3.1
BLS Benchmark
3.3
national average
Total Injuries
6,195

What Paper (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) manufacturing Safety Data Reveals

The Paper (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) manufacturing sector (NAICS 322121) encompasses 311 distinct employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Across this cohort, workers have logged 6,195 recordable injuries during the 2016–2024 reporting window, producing an industry-weighted average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 3.1 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year. Because OSHA's ITA mandates submission from establishments with 250+ employees plus all high-hazard industries at 20+ employees, this dataset represents a structural slice of U.S. workplace risk rather than a voluntary sample.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a separate national benchmark TCR of 3.3 for this NAICS code, derived from the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Comparing the two, the ITA-reported rate of 3.1 is below the BLS benchmark — a gap that typically widens when the industry contains many large, high-exposure establishments required to file ITA reports. Employers in the table below are sorted so you can see how far individual establishments deviate from both the industry average and the national benchmark.

The practical value of industry-level safety data is threefold. First, jobseekers can gauge whether a prospective employer is better or worse than its industry peers — not just absolute injury counts, which tilt toward larger payrolls. Second, insurers and workers' compensation carriers use sector TCR as a baseline for experience-modification adjustments. Third, safety professionals benchmark their own programs against the cohort median. Use the grade-sorted employer list below to identify specific establishments within Paper (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) manufacturing that outperform or underperform the sector average, and click through to each record for year-by-year injury, illness, and fatality breakdowns.

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Employers by Safety Rate (Page 6 of 7)

Employer Location Avg TCR Grade
International Paper - Riverdale Mill SELMA, AL 1.1 A
Nicolet Mill DE PERE, WI 1.1 A
Greif (MG Massillon) MASSILLON, OH 1.1 A
USGP DALTON, MA 1.1 A
Hawkinsville HAWKINSVILLE, GA 1.1 A
Citadel Industries- Division of Green Bay Packaging AURORA, IL 1.1 A
First Quality Retail Services KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 1.1 A
Rhinelander Mill RHINELANDER, WI 1.1 A
International Paper - New Bern Mill VANCEBORO, NC 1.1 A
Evergreen Packaging - Pine Bluff PINE BLUFF, AR 1.1 A
Pratt Paper Ohio LLC WAPAKONETA, OH 1.1 A
Resolute FP US Inc. CALHOUN, TN 1.1 A
Rothschild ROTHSCHILD, WI 1.0 A
Valliant Mill VALLIANT, OK 1.0 A
INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN 1.0 A
International Paper Franklin Mill FRANKLIN, VA 1.0 A
Green Bay Packaging-Arkansas Kraft Division MORRILTON, AR 0.9 A
Wisco Envelope Company TULLAHOMA, TN 0.9 A
ST Paper 1, LLC DULUTH, MN 0.9 A
JACKSON, AL JACKSON, AL 0.9 A
Soundview Paper Company PUTNEY, VT 0.9 A
ICP United Roofing, Eutaw EUTAW, AL 0.9 A
Procter & Gamble Paper Products Company OXNARD, CA 0.9 A
Beech Island Mill BEECH ISLAND, SC 0.9 A
Hartsville - Hrtsvlle HARTSVILLE, SC 0.9 A
Kapstone Paper and Packaging Corporation ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC 0.9 A
Pensacola Mill CANTONMENT, FL 0.8 A
Eastover SC Mill EASTOVER, SC 0.8 A
Hood Container Corporation WAVERLY, TN 0.7 A
Procter & Gamble Dover Wipes DOVER, DE 0.7 A
Wisconsin Rapids Mill WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI 0.7 A
Elmhurst RTS Packaging - F424 ELMHURST, IL 0.7 A
DERIDDER, LA DERIDDER, LA 0.7 A
International Paper- Maysville Mill MAYSVILLE, KY 0.7 A
International Paper-Maysville Mill MAYSVILLE, KY 0.7 A
Corporate CINCINNATI, OH 0.7 A
Scarborough RTS Packaging - F427 SCARBOROUGH, ME 0.7 A
4527 Cowpens Paper Mill COWPENS, SC 0.7 A
Procter & Gamble Paper Products Company Mehoopany Plant TUNKHANNOCK, PA 0.7 A
vonDrehle Corporate HICKORY, NC 0.7 A
Cenveo Jersey City JERSEY CITY, NJ 0.7 A
Kimberly-Clark Professional CORINTH, MS 0.6 A
Newport Paper - B352 NEWPORT, TN 0.6 A
Marlboro BENNETTSVILLE, SC 0.6 A
Eastover Mill EASTOVER, SC 0.6 A
Angleboard / Reddi-Pac ELKHART, IN 0.6 A
Ticonderoga Mill TICONDEROGA, NY 0.6 A
Sappi Paper Allentown ALLENTOWN, PA 0.6 A
Kimberly-Clark Mobile Mill MOBILE, AL 0.5 A
Ashdown ASHDOWN, AR 0.5 A
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