BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER · Michigan

Carter Lumber 242

Saginaw, MI · ~21 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carter Lumber 242 runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER workplace, earning a grade B.

Carter Lumber 242: 2.0 TCR = 59% of BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carter Lumber 242 safety composite

Carter Lumber 242 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

Carter Lumber 242 held a steady TCR band

Carter Lumber 242's TCR held near 0.1 from 4.6 in 2018 to 4.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.6 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444190 · Saginaw, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 59% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/54
  • PHOTO MID-SOUTH LUMBER CO.…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MID-SOUTH LUMBER CO. OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA, INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carter Lumber 242 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carter Lumber 242 averages 2.0 TCR (59% of the BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER BLS benchmark).

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

Carter Lumber 242 TCR series: 2018=4.6 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 3.4

Where Carter Lumber 242 falls in its industry

1,643 BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 54 BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER employers in Michigan.

Carter Lumber 242 (21 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 35 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 050100150200 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Carter Lumber 242
Carter Lumber 242 (21 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 35 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Carter Lumber 242 has fewer employees than the BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER median and a lower 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 4.7 0.0 1 0 0
2023 4.8 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.6 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444190 · MI · Saginaw

1,643 BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 278 employers in Saginaw, MI · 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 MID-SOUTH LUMBER CO. OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA, INC. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR KIGHT HOME CENTER 492 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lampert Lumber HQ - St Paul MN 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wisconsin Bldg (Trantow) - Merrill 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Black Gold Farms Sturgis 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE BE Cultivation 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4605_15228 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Willard DeHaan & Son Grnhs 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nexteer Automotive Saginaw Site 4,015 FTE
CITY-NEAR 700 Cooper 2,129 FTE
CITY-NEAR Morley - Saginaw 2,039 FTE
CITY-NEAR Caravan Facilities Management 1,677 FTE
NAT-TCR Kight Home Center 492 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Burlington 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR STR0627 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Dealership - Salinas 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Butler Bakery Feeds 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shenandoah Industrial Rubber Company 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Beacon Pointe Resort 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE R&D Precision Inc 21 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. 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.