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
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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.

Cersosmio Lumber Company - Hardwick Kiln Dry: 7.5 TCR = 226% of Kiln drying lumber BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cersosmio Lumber Company - Hardwick Kiln Dry safety composite

Cersosmio Lumber Company - Hardwick Kiln Dry scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−5.8

2021→2022

Cersosmio Lumber Company - Hardwick Kiln Dry injury rate improved

Cersosmio Lumber Company - Hardwick Kiln Dry's TCR fell 5.8 from 10.3 in 2021 to 4.5 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.3 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=10.3 · 2022=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321999 · Hardwick, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.5 · 226% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO VSM Abrasives
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: VSM Abrasives (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cersosmio Lumber Company - Hardwick Kiln Dry in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cersosmio Lumber Company - Hardwick Kiln Dry averages 7.5 TCR (226% of the Kiln drying lumber BLS benchmark).

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

Cersosmio Lumber Company - Hardwick Kiln Dry TCR series: 2021=10.3 · 2022=4.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Cersosmio Lumber Company - Hardwick Kiln Dry falls in its industry

405 Kiln drying lumber establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

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 (21 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Cersosmio Lumber Company - Hardwick Kiln Dry
Cersosmio Lumber Company - Hardwick Kiln Dry (21 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Cersosmio Lumber Company - Hardwick Kiln Dry has fewer employees than the Kiln drying lumber median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2022 4.5 0.0 0 1 0
2021 10.3 0.0 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321999 · MA · Hardwick

405 Kiln drying lumber employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts 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 VSM Abrasives 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hartzell Hardwoods, Inc. - Piqua 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR StairSupplies-Plant 1W, 1614 Eisenhower Dr. North 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lignetics - White Pigeon Michigan 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bellingham Energy 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Medway 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Medway Power Plant 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allendale Biomass LLC 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cersosimo Lumber Company - Hardwick Dry Kilns 28 FTE
NAT-TCR Birdsall Sand & Gravel, Central Mix 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Mary's Medical Center 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Rc - Harrisburg Pa 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Los Osos Grocery Outlet 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sign Effectz, Inc. 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Prographics 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE SLN-ODFL 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE PKW-ODFL 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: 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.