Hardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing · Alabama

Browder Veneer Company, Inc.

Camden, AL · ~22 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Browder Veneer Company, Inc. runs at 218% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Browder Veneer Company, Inc.: 7.2 TCR = 218% of Hardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Browder Veneer Company, Inc. safety composite

Browder Veneer Company, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−2.3

2016→2019

Browder Veneer Company, Inc. injury rate improved

Browder Veneer Company, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.3 from 7.2 in 2016 to 4.9 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.2 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=4.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321211 · Camden, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 218% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/5
  • PHOTO Great Lakes Veneer, …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Great Lakes Veneer, Inc. (formerly known as Marion Plywood Corporation) (0.1 TCR gap)

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Browder Veneer Company, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Browder Veneer Company, Inc. averages 7.2 TCR (218% of the Hardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Browder Veneer Company, Inc. TCR series: 2016=7.2 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=4.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Browder Veneer Company, Inc. falls in its industry

116 Hardwood veneer or plywood man establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Hardwood veneer or plywood man employers in Alabama.

Browder Veneer Company, Inc. (22 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 5.9 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Browder Veneer Company, Inc.
Browder Veneer Company, Inc. (22 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 5.9

Browder Veneer Company, Inc. has fewer employees than the Hardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.9. 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
2019 4.9 0.0 0 1 0
2018 9.3 9.3 2 0 0
2017 7.3 3.7 2 0 0
2016 7.2 3.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321211 · AL · Camden

116 Hardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 6 employers in Camden, AL · 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 Great Lakes Veneer, Inc. (formerly known as Marion Plywood Corporation) 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conner Hogansville GA Plant 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Prestige Custom Cabinetry & Millwork, Inc. 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Navy Island, Inc. 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Koch Foods Breeder/Broiler 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Koch Foods Live Haul Gadsden Alabama 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE M.A.D.H. GIN, INC. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Logan Martin Dam 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Camden Nursing Facility Inc. 81 FTE
CITY-NEAR J. PAUL JONES HOSPITAL 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smoker Supermarkets, Inc. 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR DMT Camden, AL 25 FTE
NAT-TCR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : ABE2 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR JVL 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR NDX H and O 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Paw Paw Wine Distributors Co. 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lubbock 17 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hatfield 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Auto Value - Austin 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Auto Value - Bismarck 22 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.