Beams, wood, made from logs or bolts · Michigan
Biewer Sawmill
Mcbain, MI · ~128 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Biewer Sawmill runs at 172% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Beams, wood, made from logs or bolts workplace, earning a grade D.
Biewer Sawmill: 5.7 TCR = 172% of Beams, wood, made from logs or bolts BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Biewer Sawmill safety composite
Biewer Sawmill scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).
52/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.69 per 100 workers
Safer than 44% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.48 per 100 workers
Safer than 59% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
−1.4
2016→2024
Biewer Sawmill injury rate improved
Biewer Sawmill's TCR fell 1.4 from 5.1 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=5.1 · 2017=8.1 · 2018=7.8 · 2019=7.2 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=5.3 · 2024=3.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 321113 · Mcbain, MI ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 172% of ind
- DART 1.5 DART
- RANK #7/26
- PHOTO Langdale Forest Prod…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 52 inj
- SIZE ~128 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Langdale Forest Products Co. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Biewer Sawmill in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Biewer Sawmill
5.7 TCR
- Langdale Fores
Langdale Forest Products Co.
5.7 TCR
- La Grande Lumb
La Grande Lumber
5.7 TCR
- Baker Timber P
Baker Timber Products Inc.
5.7 TCR
- Rex Lumber, Br
Rex Lumber, Bristol, LLC
5.7 TCR
What this shows Biewer Sawmill averages 5.7 TCR (172% of the Beams, wood, made from logs or bolts BLS benchmark).
Biewer Sawmill TCR series: 2016=5.1 · 2017=8.1 · 2018=7.8 · 2019=7.2 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=5.3 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Biewer Sawmill falls in its industry
905 Beams, wood, made from logs or establishmentsSafer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 26 Beams, wood, made from logs or employers in Michigan.
Biewer Sawmill has more employees than the Beams, wood, made from logs or bolts median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.3 | 2.6 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.2 | 5.2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.8 | 5.2 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.1 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
321113 · MI · Mcbain
905 Beams, wood, made from logs or bolts employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 4 employers in Mcbain, 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 | Langdale Forest Products Co. | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | La Grande Lumber | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Baker Timber Products Inc. | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rex Lumber, Bristol, LLC | 5.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Purpose Point Harvesting LLC | 128 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lombardo Homes of SE Michigan | 128 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Boldt Company - MI | 128 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Henkels & McCoy, Michigan - Gaylord | 128 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Autumnwood of McBain | 119 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hydrolake, Inc. - ALL | 22 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Silver Dollar Transport, LLC | 19 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Allegheny Valley Hospital | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wilson Case, Inc. | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Means Nursery, Inc. | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Langdale Forest Products Co. | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Select Specialty Hospital - Durham, Inc | 128 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Gardens at Millville | 128 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Snider Industries LLP | 128 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sodexo at Central State University | 128 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.