Hardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing · Vermont
Columbia Forest Products - Newport, VT
Newport, VT · ~196 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Columbia Forest Products - Newport, VT runs at 186% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Columbia Forest Products - Newport, VT: 6.1 TCR = 186% of Hardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Columbia Forest Products - Newport, VT safety composite
Columbia Forest Products - Newport, VT scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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).
54/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 6.13 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.25 per 100 workers
Safer than 65% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Columbia Forest Products - Newport, VT: 5.4 → 6.8 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 6.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.2× in 2021
Columbia Forest Products - Newport, VT's TCR rose 1.4 from 5.4 in 2016 to 6.8 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 321211 · Newport, VT ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 186% of ind
- DART 1.3 DART
- RANK P47
- PHOTO Indiana Veneer
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 14 inj
- SIZE ~196 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Indiana Veneer (0.0 TCR gap)
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Columbia Forest Products - Newport, VT in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Iowa Prison In
Iowa Prison Industries
6.2 TCR
- Bessemer Plywo
Bessemer Plywood Corporation
6.2 TCR
- This site
Columbia Forest Products - Newport, VT
6.1 TCR
- Indiana Veneer
Indiana Veneer
6.1 TCR
- Coldwater Vene
Coldwater Veneer, Inc.
6.1 TCR
What this shows Columbia Forest Products - Newport, VT averages 6.1 TCR (186% of the Hardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Columbia Forest Products - Newport, VT TCR series: 2016=5.4 · 2021=6.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Columbia Forest Products - Newport, VT falls in its industry
116 Hardwood veneer or plywood man establishmentsSafer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.
Columbia Forest Products - Newport, VT has more employees than the Hardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.9. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6.8 | 1.3 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
321211 · VT · Newport
116 Hardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,065 rated employers in Vermont with headcount on file · 11 employers in Newport, VT · 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 | Indiana Veneer | 6.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Coldwater Veneer, Inc. | 6.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Iowa Prison Industries | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bessemer Plywood Corporation | 6.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Kaman Composites - Vermont | 196 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 4156 | 196 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 8355 | 195 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Vermont Permanency Initiative | 197 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Galvion | 205 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Columbia Forest Products | 166 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Revision Military | 150 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 9288-476 | 49 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | American Spotting Company of Missouri | 6.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Corrective Asphalt Materials, LLC | 6.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation Center | 6.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Harbortown Clinic | 6.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Pharmasol | 196 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 4818-CSSD | 196 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Turkey Service Building | 196 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Oliver | 196 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.