Softwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing · South Carolina

Chester Plywood - WP

Name: Chester Plywood - WP Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chester, SC · ~324 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Chester Plywood - WP runs at 24% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Softwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Chester Plywood - WP: 0.8 TCR = 24% of Softwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chester Plywood - WP safety composite

Chester Plywood - WP scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 54%), 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).

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 54% 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

−1.0

2016→2024

Chester Plywood - WP injury rate improved

Chester Plywood - WP's TCR fell 1.0 from 1.6 in 2016 to 0.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.6 · 2017=0.7 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=0.3 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=0.9 · 2024=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321212 · Chester, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 24% of ind

DART 0.3 DART
RANK P94
PHOTO Buckhannon
BOOK 8y book
INJ 23 inj
SIZE ~324 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Buckhannon (0.0 TCR gap)

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Natchitoches

0.9
ZWOLLE

0.9
This site

0.8
Buckhannon

0.8
White City Ven

0.8

What this shows Chester Plywood - WP averages 0.8 TCR (24% of the Softwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Chester Plywood - WP TCR series: 2016=1.6 · 2017=0.7 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=0.3 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=0.9 · 2024=0.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Chester Plywood - WP falls in its industry

68 Softwood Veneer and Plywood Ma establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Chester Plywood - WP (324 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 238 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Chester Plywood - WP has more employees than the Softwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2024	0.6	0.3	2
2022	0.9	0.3	3
2021	0.9	0.6	3
2020	0.9	0.6	3
2019	0.3	0.0	1
2018	0.5	0.5	2
2017	0.7	0.0	3
2016	1.6	0.5	6

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321212 · SC · Chester

68 Softwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 28 employers in Chester, SC · 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	Buckhannon	BUCKHANNON, WV	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	White City Veneer - WP	WHITE CITY, OR	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Natchitoches	NATCHITOCHES, LA	0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ZWOLLE	ZWOLLE, LA	0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	1123	SENECA	324 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SC0065CV3	NORTH CHARLESTON	324 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ft Mill SC	FT MILL	324 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CLARENDON COUNTY	MANNING	324 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Carolina Poly	Chester	484 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MUSC Health Chester Medical Center	Chester	344 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Boral Stone Chester	Chester	291 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1603	Chester	198 FTE
NAT-TCR	Healing Transitions Men's Campus	Raleigh, NC	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Corporate Office	Richmond, VA	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Coggins Construction Company, LLC	Thomaston, GA	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Intermountain	Salt Lake City, UT	0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Kentucky State Reformatory	Lagrange, KY	324 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Prospect Airport Services LAS	Las Vegas, NV	324 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ellis Plant	Glassboro, NJ	324 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dunn Distribution Center #6010	Dunn, NC	324 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.