Sawmills · Wisconsin

Buffalo Lumber Tie

Fountain City, WI · ~42 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Buffalo Lumber Tie runs at 231% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sawmills workplace, earning a grade F.

Buffalo Lumber Tie: 7.6 TCR = 231% of Sawmills BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Buffalo Lumber Tie safety composite

Buffalo Lumber Tie scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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).

F

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

−3.6

2016→2024

Buffalo Lumber Tie injury rate improved

Buffalo Lumber Tie's TCR fell 3.6 from 9.8 in 2016 to 6.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 19.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.8 · 2017=7.1 · 2018=9.8 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=19.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=6.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321113 · Fountain City, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 231% of ind

  • DART 6.3 DART
  • RANK #19/35
  • PHOTO Chips, Inc.
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chips, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Buffalo Lumber Tie in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Buffalo Lumber Tie averages 7.6 TCR (231% of the Sawmills BLS benchmark).

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

Buffalo Lumber Tie TCR series: 2016=9.8 · 2017=7.1 · 2018=9.8 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=19.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=6.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Buffalo Lumber Tie falls in its industry

905 Sawmills establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 35 Sawmills employers in Wisconsin.

Buffalo Lumber Tie (42 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Buffalo Lumber Tie
Buffalo Lumber Tie (42 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Buffalo Lumber Tie has fewer employees than the Sawmills 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 6.3 6.3 4 0 0
2023 4.9 3.3 3 0 0
2022 5.5 3.6 2 1 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 19.6 16.8 7 0 0
2019 5.7 5.7 2 0 0
2018 9.8 3.3 3 0 0
2017 7.1 0.0 2 0 0
2016 9.8 6.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321113 · WI · Fountain City

905 Sawmills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin 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 Chips, Inc. 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rockbridge Sawmill 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hancock Lumber Company- Casco Sawmill 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gutchess Freedom Incorporated 7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Port Washington Generating Station 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sterling Water, Inc 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Roberts Irrigation Co 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bielinski Homes 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Michael's Assisted Living 28 FTE
NAT-TCR Tiff's Treats - D8 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sanderson Farms St. Pauls Processing 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Scioto Ready Mix 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR At Home Stores #113 7.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Crossroads 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plastech Corporation 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bailsco Blades and Castings, Inc. 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wheatland Nursing Center 42 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.