BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER · Georgia

Carter Lumber 453

Powder Springs, GA · ~22 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.7
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carter Lumber 453 runs at 432% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER workplace, earning a grade F.

Carter Lumber 453: 14.7 TCR = 432% of BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carter Lumber 453 safety composite

Carter Lumber 453 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 21.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Carter Lumber 453: 12.4 → 25.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 26.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.46× in 2024

Carter Lumber 453's TCR rose 13.3 from 12.4 in 2018 to 25.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 26.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444190 · Powder Springs, GA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.7 · 432% of ind

  • DART 21.4 DART
  • RANK #63/63
  • PHOTO Dunn Lumber Kirkland
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dunn Lumber Kirkland (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carter Lumber 453 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carter Lumber 453 averages 14.7 TCR (432% 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 453 TCR series: 2018=12.4 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=8.1 · 2021=19.8 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=26 · 2024=25.7 · BLS 3.4

Where Carter Lumber 453 falls in its industry

1,643 BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #63 safest of 63 BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER employers in Georgia.

Carter Lumber 453 (22 employees, TCR 14.7) 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 453
Carter Lumber 453 (22 employees, TCR 14.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 35 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Carter Lumber 453 has fewer employees than the BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER 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 25.7 21.4 6 0 0
2023 26.0 0.0 7 0 0
2022 7.3 0.0 2 0 0
2021 19.8 0.0 5 0 0
2020 8.1 0.0 2 0 0
2019 3.5 3.5 1 0 0
2018 12.4 8.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444190 · GA · Powder Springs

1,643 BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 20 employers in Powder Springs, GA · 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 Dunn Lumber Kirkland 14.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Henson Building Materials 14.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 7237 L&W Supply 14.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 7277 L&W Supply 14.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Little Creek Ag LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jason Farm 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Algae Energy Inc 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE DIRT MOVERS 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Store 0670 146 FTE
CITY-NEAR Store 0496 132 FTE
CITY-NEAR 011-00456 126 FTE
CITY-NEAR 011-00453 116 FTE
NAT-TCR Independent Options 14.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Probation 14.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Pletcher Sales Incorporated 14.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Winchester VA Panel 14.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Holmes Lumber 160 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carter Lumber 97 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE City Manager's Office 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Columbia Neighborhood Center 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: 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.