Kiln drying lumber · Massachusetts
Cersosmio Lumber Company - Hardwick Kiln Dry
Hardwick, MA · ~21 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Cersosmio Lumber Company - Hardwick Kiln Dry runs at 226% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Kiln drying lumber workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.5
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Cersosmio Lumber Company - Hardwick Kiln Dry's OSHA Total Case Rate of 7.5 to the Kiln drying lumber BLS benchmark of 3.3 (226% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Cersosmio Lumber Company - Hardwick Kiln Dry's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Cersosmio Lumber Company - Hardwick Kiln Dry falls in its industry
440 Kiln drying lumber establishmentsSafer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Kiln drying lumber employers in Massachusetts.
Cersosmio Lumber Company - Hardwick Kiln Dry has an average TCR of 7.5, which is 226% of the industry average (3.3) for Kiln drying lumber. This is significantly worse than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for Cersosmio Lumber Company - Hardwick Kiln Dry
Between 2021 and 2022, Cersosmio Lumber Company - Hardwick Kiln Dry's Total Case Rate improved from 10.3 to 4.5 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 56% decrease across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2022, at a TCR of 4.5, while 2021 saw the highest rate, at 10.3, a spread of 5.8 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Cersosmio Lumber Company - Hardwick Kiln Dry recorded 1 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 1 injuries, 2 illnesses shown on this page for Cersosmio Lumber Company - Hardwick Kiln Dry are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 321999 - Kiln drying lumber.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2022)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 43,911 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Cersosmio Lumber Company - Hardwick Kiln Dry (this establishment) | 7.45 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Applicators, wood, manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 321999 |
| Massachusetts state avg (all industries) | 4.94 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Cersosmio Lumber Company - Hardwick Kiln Dry to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2022: 1 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 2 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 10.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Cersosmio Lumber Company - Hardwick Kiln Dry's reported OSHA injury record versus its Kiln drying lumber peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 226% of the Kiln drying lumber benchmark, Cersosmio Lumber Company - Hardwick Kiln Dry reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Kiln drying lumber sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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