Sawmills · Washington
Columbia Cedar - Kettle Falls
Kettle Falls, WA · ~100 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 16.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Columbia Cedar - Kettle Falls runs at 491% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sawmills workplace, earning a grade F.
Columbia Cedar - Kettle Falls: 16.2 TCR = 491% of Sawmills BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Columbia Cedar - Kettle Falls safety composite
Columbia Cedar - Kettle Falls scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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).
23/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 16.21 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.58 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
−18.9
2016→2024
Columbia Cedar - Kettle Falls injury rate improved
Columbia Cedar - Kettle Falls's TCR fell 18.9 from 28.2 in 2016 to 9.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 29.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=28.2 · 2017=29.4 · 2018=24.3 · 2019=21.0 · 2020=11.9 · 2021=10.7 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=5.4 · 2024=9.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 321113 · Kettle Falls, WA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 16.2 · 491% of ind
- DART 5.6 DART
- RANK #36/39
- PHOTO VT-AL-VENTURES
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 162 inj
- SIZE ~100 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: VT-AL-VENTURES (0.0 TCR gap)
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Columbia Cedar - Kettle Falls in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- King Lumber Co
King Lumber Company
16.3 TCR
- This site
Columbia Cedar - Kettle Falls
16.2 TCR
- VT-AL-VENTURES
VT-AL-VENTURES
16.2 TCR
- Columbia Cedar
Columbia Cedar - Arden
16.1 TCR
- 7544_18398
7544_18398
16 TCR
What this shows Columbia Cedar - Kettle Falls averages 16.2 TCR (491% of the Sawmills BLS benchmark).
Columbia Cedar - Kettle Falls TCR series: 2016=28.2 · 2017=29.4 · 2018=24.3 · 2019=21 · 2020=11.9 · 2021=10.7 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=5.4 · 2024=9.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Columbia Cedar - Kettle Falls falls in its industry
905 Sawmills establishmentsSafer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #36 safest of 39 Sawmills employers in Washington.
Columbia Cedar - Kettle Falls has more employees than the Sawmills 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 | 9.3 | 5.6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 10.7 | 5.9 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11.9 | 7.1 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 21.0 | 12.0 | 27 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 24.3 | 15.0 | 33 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 29.4 | 11.5 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 28.2 | 19.3 | 33 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
321113 · WA · Kettle Falls
905 Sawmills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 5 employers in Kettle Falls, WA · 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 | VT-AL-VENTURES | 16.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | King Lumber Company | 16.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Columbia Cedar - Arden | 16.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 7544_18398 | 16.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Flower World Inc | 100 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Big Creek Fisheries, LLC | 100 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lakeside Industries - Greater Seattle | 100 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Stacy and Witbeck/Kiewit/Hoffman, A Joint Venture - L200 | 100 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kettle Falls Plywood - WP | 205 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kettle Falls Lumber - WP | 122 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kettle Falls Logging - WP | 34 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Avista Kettle Falls | 30 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Lakeshore Moving | 16.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Carlyle KFC (MPF1) | 16.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CAS015 | 16.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TXD072 | 16.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Cameron Insulation, LLC | 100 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cass County Electric Cooperative | 100 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Oak Cliff Mirror & Glass Inc. | 100 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Tedia Fairfield | 100 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.