Fiberboard manufacturing · South Carolina

Arauco Bennettsville MDF

Name: Arauco Bennettsville MDF Workplace Safety Data
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Bennettsville, SC · ~85 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Arauco Bennettsville MDF runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Fiberboard manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Arauco Bennettsville MDF: 1.5 TCR = 46% of Fiberboard manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Arauco Bennettsville MDF safety composite

Arauco Bennettsville MDF scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−3.0

2019→2020

Arauco Bennettsville MDF injury rate improved

Arauco Bennettsville MDF's TCR fell 3.0 from 3.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321219 · Bennettsville, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 46% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #4/6
PHOTO Kronospan US20
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~85 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kronospan US20 (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.5
Kronospan US20

1.5
El Dorado Comp

1.5
Norbord Minnes

1.5
Flakeboard Ame

1.5

What this shows Arauco Bennettsville MDF averages 1.5 TCR (46% of the Fiberboard manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Arauco Bennettsville MDF TCR series: 2019=3 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Arauco Bennettsville MDF falls in its industry

125 Fiberboard manufacturing establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Fiberboard manufacturing employers in South Carolina.

Arauco Bennettsville MDF (85 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Arauco Bennettsville MDF has fewer employees than the Fiberboard manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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
2020	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2019	3.0	2.3	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321219 · SC · Bennettsville

125 Fiberboard manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 27 employers in Bennettsville, SC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Kronospan US20	EASTABOGA, AL	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	El Dorado Composites	EL DORADO, AR	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Norbord Minnesota	SOLWAY, MN	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Flakeboard America Limited	BENNETTSVILLE, SC	1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Pee Dee Electric	DARLINGTON	85 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Trident Construction, LLC	NORTH CHARLESTON	85 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Charleston, SC HVAC	N CHARLESTON	85 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Paragon Site Work Constructors	SUMMERVILLE	85 FTE
CITY-NEAR	USA Bennettsville SC Oak River North	Bennettsville	467 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Marlboro	Bennettsville	347 FTE
CITY-NEAR	USA Bennettsville SC Oak River South	Bennettsville	250 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sopakco	Bennettsville	222 FTE
NAT-TCR	Redlands Main - BMG	Redlands, CA	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Medspeed Indianapolis	Indianapolis, IN	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Houston MRO	Houston, TX	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Avitecture, Inc.	Sterling, VA	1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Avamere Health Services of Rogue Valley	Medford, OR	85 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Holliston	Holliston, MA	85 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Medspeed Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA	85 FTE
NAT-SIZE	AmCane Sugar LLC - Taylor	Taylor, MI	85 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: 2020, 2019. 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.