Sawmills · Missouri

Cardwell Lumber Novelty

Novelty, MO · ~85 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cardwell Lumber Novelty runs at 409% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sawmills workplace, earning a grade F.

Cardwell Lumber Novelty: 13.5 TCR = 409% of Sawmills BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cardwell Lumber Novelty safety composite

Cardwell Lumber Novelty scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

−4.4

2017→2024

Cardwell Lumber Novelty injury rate improved

Cardwell Lumber Novelty's TCR fell 4.4 from 11.9 in 2017 to 7.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 30.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.9 · 2018=19.1 · 2019=30.9 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=14.9 · 2022=10.7 · 2023=7.5 · 2024=7.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321113 · Novelty, MO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.5 · 409% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #16/16
  • PHOTO R Y TIMBER, INC / LI…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 40 inj
  • SIZE ~85 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: R Y TIMBER, INC / LIVINGSTON DIVISION (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cardwell Lumber Novelty in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cardwell Lumber Novelty averages 13.5 TCR (409% of the Sawmills BLS benchmark).

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

Cardwell Lumber Novelty TCR series: 2017=11.9 · 2018=19.1 · 2019=30.9 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=14.9 · 2022=10.7 · 2023=7.5 · 2024=7.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Cardwell Lumber Novelty falls in its industry

905 Sawmills establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 16 Sawmills employers in Missouri.

Cardwell Lumber Novelty (85 employees, TCR 13.5) 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 Cardwell Lumber Novelty
Cardwell Lumber Novelty (85 employees, TCR 13.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Cardwell Lumber Novelty has more 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 7.5 3.8 3 3 0
2023 7.5 1.3 2 4 0
2022 10.7 3.6 4 5 0
2021 14.9 6.8 6 5 0
2020 5.4 4.0 4 0 0
2019 30.9 19.1 11 2 0
2018 19.1 9.5 6 2 0
2017 11.9 7.1 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321113 · MO · Novelty

905 Sawmills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri 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 R Y TIMBER, INC / LIVINGSTON DIVISION 13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR PRAIRIE WOOD PRODUCTS 13.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elkwood 13.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR KY Hardwood Lumber, Inc 13.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lippert Mechanical Service Corp 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE DOUBLE CHECK Kansas City D&H United Fueling Solutions 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE BrandSafway Industries, LLC - St. Louis Branch 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE The DeWitt Company, Inc 85 FTE
NAT-TCR Buda 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR LAX-GH 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR ventureLINX- Mud Pike 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR East Haven Fire Department 13.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Twin Falls Construction 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE 003 - Chapelwood Elementary 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Inland Construction & Development Co. 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Scenic Bluffs Community Health Centers 85 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. 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.