Fiberboard Manufacturing · Montana

Columbia Falls MDF

Columbia Falls, MT · ~216 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Columbia Falls MDF runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fiberboard Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Columbia Falls MDF: 3.0 TCR = 89% of Fiberboard Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Columbia Falls MDF safety composite

Columbia Falls MDF scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−0.4

2016→2024

Columbia Falls MDF injury rate improved

Columbia Falls MDF's TCR fell 0.4 from 2.3 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.3 · 2017=5.0 · 2018=2.1 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=4.2 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321219 · Columbia Falls, MT AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 89% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK P42
  • PHOTO 0301 - Fiber-Oregon
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 45 inj
  • SIZE ~216 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0301 - Fiber-Oregon (0.0 TCR gap)

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Columbia Falls MDF in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Columbia Falls MDF averages 3.0 TCR (89% of the Fiberboard Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Columbia Falls MDF TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=5 · 2018=2.1 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=4.2 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Columbia Falls MDF falls in its industry

125 Fiberboard Manufacturing establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Columbia Falls MDF (216 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 0100200300400500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Columbia Falls MDF
Columbia Falls MDF (216 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Columbia Falls MDF has more employees than the Fiberboard Manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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 1.8 1.4 4 0 0
2023 4.9 1.0 4 6 0
2022 0.9 0.5 2 0 0
2021 4.2 2.5 10 0 0
2020 2.4 1.6 6 0 0
2018 2.1 0.8 5 0 0
2017 5.0 3.1 12 1 0
2016 2.3 0.5 2 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321219 · MT · Columbia Falls

125 Fiberboard Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,536 rated employers in Montana with headcount on file · 19 employers in Columbia Falls, MT · 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 0301 - Fiber-Oregon 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR FL312 Hosford OSB 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR TX411 Diboll Particleboard 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR VA019 Brookneal OSB 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2608 216 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kalispell Plywood 215 FTE
STATE-SIZE Home Office 217 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2607 217 FTE
CITY-NEAR Glacier National Park - Xanterra Parks & Resorts, Inc. 236 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nomad GCS Inc 144 FTE
CITY-NEAR F.H. Stoltze Land and Lumber Company 122 FTE
CITY-NEAR Schellinger Construction Co., Inc. 101 FTE
NAT-TCR PMX Industries, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Precision Associates, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Insight FS - Jefferson 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Calibrated Forms 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE New Hampshire Distributors, LLC 216 FTE
NAT-SIZE Red Gold - Corporate 216 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lady Moon Farms, Inc. Florida 216 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Augers, Inc. 216 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, 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.