Dimension stock, softwood, manufacturing · Virginia

Ball Lumber Co., Inc.

Millers Tavern, VA · ~68 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ball Lumber Co., Inc. runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Dimension stock, softwood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Ball Lumber Co., Inc.: 5.1 TCR = 155% of Dimension stock, softwood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ball Lumber Co., Inc. safety composite

Ball Lumber Co., Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

−2.5

2022→2023

Ball Lumber Co., Inc. injury rate improved

Ball Lumber Co., Inc.'s TCR fell 2.5 from 6.4 in 2022 to 3.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=6.4 · 2023=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321912 · Millers Tavern, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 155% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO North America : Thom…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: North America : Thomas Lumber (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ball Lumber Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ball Lumber Co., Inc. averages 5.1 TCR (155% of the Dimension stock, softwood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ball Lumber Co., Inc. TCR series: 2022=6.4 · 2023=3.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Ball Lumber Co., Inc. falls in its industry

178 Dimension stock, softwood, man establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Dimension stock, softwood, man employers in Virginia.

Ball Lumber Co., Inc. (68 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 050100150200 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Ball Lumber Co., Inc.
Ball Lumber Co., Inc. (68 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Ball Lumber Co., Inc. has more employees than the Dimension stock, softwood, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2023 3.9 3.9 3 0 0
2022 6.4 1.3 1 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321912 · VA · Millers Tavern

178 Dimension stock, softwood, manufacturing 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 North America : Thomas Lumber 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Adkins Timber Products, Inc. 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brentwood Corporation 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR MJB Cedar Hill 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mecklenburg Electric Chase City District 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE SERVPRO of Roanoke, Montgomery & Pulaski Counties 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main Office 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Point VA Truss 68 FTE
NAT-TCR MDS Foods, Inc. - Tullahoma Location 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Washington Electric Coop., Inc. 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR HDT Global 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Atlantic Aviation - SUA 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Casey's Market 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Caloosa Cooling Lee County LLC 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Energy Economics, Inc. 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kemira Chemicals Inc. 68 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.