Fiberboard manufacturing · North Carolina

Arauco Panels USA, LLC

Moncure, NC · ~221 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Arauco Panels USA, LLC runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Fiberboard manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Arauco Panels USA, LLC: 1.3 TCR = 38% of Fiberboard manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Arauco Panels USA, LLC safety composite

Arauco Panels USA, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

−0.7

2016→2024

Arauco Panels USA, LLC injury rate improved

Arauco Panels USA, LLC's TCR fell 0.7 from 1.9 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.9 · 2018=0.8 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=2.0 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321219 · Moncure, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 38% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #4/8
  • PHOTO Huber Engineered Woo…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~221 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Huber Engineered Woods, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Arauco Panels USA, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Arauco Panels USA, LLC averages 1.3 TCR (38% of the Fiberboard manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Arauco Panels USA, LLC TCR series: 2016=1.9 · 2018=0.8 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=2 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Arauco Panels USA, LLC falls in its industry

125 Fiberboard manufacturing establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Fiberboard manufacturing employers in North Carolina.

Arauco Panels USA, LLC (221 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 0100200300400500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Arauco Panels USA, LLC
Arauco Panels USA, LLC (221 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Arauco Panels USA, LLC has more 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
2024 1.2 1.2 2 0 0
2023 0.6 0.6 1 0 0
2022 1.5 0.5 3 0 0
2021 2.0 0.0 4 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.1 0.4 5 0 0
2018 0.8 0.8 2 0 0
2016 1.9 1.3 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321219 · NC · Moncure

125 Fiberboard manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 11 employers in Moncure, 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 Huber Engineered Woods, LLC 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bennettsville MDF 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Masonite International 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Fraser Guntown 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE FSC II, LLC dba Fred Smith Company- East Division 221 FTE
STATE-SIZE S&D Coffee & Tea-Commercial Park 221 FTE
STATE-SIZE G&W NC Laboratories, LLC 221 FTE
STATE-SIZE CFA 221 FTE
CITY-NEAR Moncure Plywood - WP 202 FTE
CITY-NEAR 7845-DUKE CAPE FEAR 168 FTE
CITY-NEAR Merry Oaks 79 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pittsboro 68 FTE
NAT-TCR Spartech LLC 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Saginaw 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Berkots 302 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Huber Engineered Woods, LLC 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Placid Refining Company LLC 221 FTE
NAT-SIZE C. Davis Electric Co., Inc. 221 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nicolet Mill 221 FTE
NAT-SIZE Indian Summer 221 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.