Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing · North Carolina

Carpenter Mulch Products

Name: Carpenter Mulch Products Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Rutherfordton, NC · ~20 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.4
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Carpenter Mulch Products runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Carpenter Mulch Products: 2.4 TCR = 73% of Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carpenter Mulch Products safety composite

Carpenter Mulch Products scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% 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).

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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

−4.8

2020→2021

Carpenter Mulch Products injury rate improved

Carpenter Mulch Products's TCR fell 4.8 from 4.8 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=4.8 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321920 · Rutherfordton, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 73% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #9/42
PHOTO Premier Pallet
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Premier Pallet (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.4
Premier Pallet

2.4
Indiana pallet

2.4
6223-4645

2.4
Lion Lumber, L

2.4

What this shows Carpenter Mulch Products averages 2.4 TCR (73% of the Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Carpenter Mulch Products TCR series: 2020=4.8 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Carpenter Mulch Products falls in its industry

952 Pallet parts, wood, manufactur establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 42 Pallet parts, wood, manufactur employers in North Carolina.

Carpenter Mulch Products (20 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3

Carpenter Mulch Products has fewer employees than the Pallet parts, wood, 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
2021	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2020	4.8	4.8	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321920 · NC · Rutherfordton

952 Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 20 employers in Rutherfordton, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Premier Pallet	NAVARRE, OH	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Indiana pallet	GARY, IN	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	6223-4645	YORK, PA	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lion Lumber, LLC	PHOENIX, IL	2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Steve Thomas Farms	SANFORD	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kent Smith Farms	ROCKY MOUNT	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ron Richmond	LEASBURG	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Thomas Family Farms, Inc.	TIMBERLAKE	20 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rutherford Regional Medical Center	Rutherfordton	438 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rutherfordton	Rutherfordton	232 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Aallied Die Casting	Rutherfordton	167 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Parton Lumber Company	Rutherfordton	142 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ironbridge (#30)	Chester, VA	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Continental Office PA	Pittsburgh, PA	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	ARC Alabama LLC	Birmingham, AL	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Horizon - Corporate Office	Madison, WI	2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Sherrington (#143)	Chesapeake, VA	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Holiday Inn Express DFW West Hurst	Hurst, TX	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cardinal Health- Glendale Heights PET	Glendaleheights, IL	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Park Region Mutual Telephone Coop	Underwood, MN	20 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: 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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