Barrel heading and staves manufacturing · Indiana
Blue River Wood Products
Salem, IN · ~85 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Blue River Wood Products runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Barrel heading and staves manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Blue River Wood Products: 3.2 TCR = 98% of Barrel heading and staves manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Blue River Wood Products safety composite
Blue River Wood Products scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).
62/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 3.24 per 100 workers
Safer than 80% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.22 per 100 workers
Safer than 51% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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
−0.8
2016→2022
Blue River Wood Products injury rate improved
Blue River Wood Products's TCR fell 0.8 from 4.0 in 2016 to 3.2 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=4.0 · 2017=1.0 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=6.4 · 2022=3.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 321920 · Salem, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 98% of ind
- DART 3.2 DART
- RANK #7/31
- PHOTO Detroit,MI - 331
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 21 inj
- SIZE ~85 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Detroit,MI - 331 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Blue River Wood Products in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- TransPak - DIV
TransPak - DIV 145 TechRidge Austin
3.3 TCR
- CHEP Suffolk S
CHEP Suffolk Service Center (USI7)
3.3 TCR
- This site
Blue River Wood Products
3.2 TCR
- Detroit,MI - 3
Detroit,MI - 331
3.2 TCR
- Downey & Sons
Downey & Sons Pallet
3.2 TCR
What this shows Blue River Wood Products averages 3.2 TCR (98% of the Barrel heading and staves manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Blue River Wood Products TCR series: 2016=4 · 2017=1 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=6.4 · 2022=3.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Blue River Wood Products falls in its industry
952 Barrel heading and staves manu establishmentsSafer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 31 Barrel heading and staves manu employers in Indiana.
Blue River Wood Products has more employees than the Barrel heading and staves manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
321920 · IN · Salem
952 Barrel heading and staves manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 24 employers in Salem, IN · 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 | Detroit,MI - 331 | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Downey & Sons Pallet | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TransPak - DIV 145 TechRidge Austin | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CHEP Suffolk Service Center (USI7) | 3.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Hendricks Power Headquarters | 85 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 405-NiSource-South Bend IN-Operating HQ | 85 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 530-NiSource-Goshen IN-Operating HQ | 85 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fredericks Inc | 85 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | GKN Sinter Metals - Salem, Indiana | 490 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kimball Salem | 385 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | GKN Sinter Metals | 360 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 8027611-GKN | 339 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | FPT Schlafer Division, LLC | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Iga #17 | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | US - Distribution Center Network : 0935 | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1029 Columbia Heights | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 6033 Frenchtown RTS | 85 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 4527 Cowpens Paper Mill | 85 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 2910 Hazleton Fold-Pak | 85 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 5472-NAI-0034-0034-02831 | 85 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.