Panels, hardwood plywood, manufacturing · Michigan

Decorative Panels International, Inc.

Alpena, MI · ~190 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Decorative Panels International, Inc. runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Panels, hardwood plywood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Decorative Panels International, Inc.: 4.5 TCR = 138% of Panels, hardwood plywood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Decorative Panels International, Inc. safety composite

Decorative Panels International, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

Decorative Panels International, Inc.: 3.9 → 5.8 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 5.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.64× in 2023

Decorative Panels International, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.9 from 3.9 in 2017 to 5.8 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321211 · Alpena, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 138% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #4/8
  • PHOTO Northern Michigan Ve…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 50 inj
  • SIZE ~190 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Northern Michigan Veneers (0.0 TCR gap)

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Decorative Panels International, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Decorative Panels International, Inc. averages 4.5 TCR (138% of the Panels, hardwood plywood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Decorative Panels International, Inc. TCR series: 2017=3.9 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=5.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Decorative Panels International, Inc. falls in its industry

116 Panels, hardwood plywood, manu establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Panels, hardwood plywood, manu employers in Michigan.

Decorative Panels International, Inc. (190 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 5.9 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Decorative Panels International, Inc.
Decorative Panels International, Inc. (190 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 5.9

Decorative Panels International, Inc. has more employees than the Panels, hardwood plywood, manufacturing median and a lower 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
2023 5.8 2.9 10 2 0
2022 4.6 2.0 9 0 0
2021 4.8 3.4 9 1 0
2020 3.5 2.5 7 0 0
2019 4.6 3.1 9 0 0
2017 3.9 2.4 6 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321211 · MI · Alpena

116 Panels, hardwood plywood, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 59 employers in Alpena, MI · 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 Northern Michigan Veneers 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR T.C. Millwork Inc. 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR H.E. Browder Veneer Company, Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plant H5 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wyoming Manufacturing Facility 190 FTE
STATE-SIZE Original Footwear Manufacturing BR Inc. 190 FTE
STATE-SIZE MEC main 190 FTE
STATE-SIZE Systrand Manufacturing Corporation 190 FTE
CITY-NEAR MidMichigan Medical Center - Alpena 857 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northeast MI Community Mental Health Authority 349 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2358 314 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2358 299 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4432 SANTA PAULA, CA 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #5302 Charlotte, NC 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Sweet Briar College 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Mayo Clinic Health System-Northland (Barron) 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Justice 190 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jones Covey Group Inc, 190 FTE
NAT-SIZE Riverview Regional Medical Center 190 FTE
NAT-SIZE McGuckin Hardware 190 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.