Sawmill equipment manufacturing · Virginia

Drakes Branch Manufacturing, LLC

Drakes Branch, VA · ~29 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
20.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Drakes Branch Manufacturing, LLC runs at 619% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sawmill equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Drakes Branch Manufacturing, LLC: 20.4 TCR = 619% of Sawmill equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Drakes Branch Manufacturing, LLC safety composite

Drakes Branch Manufacturing, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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).

F

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 20.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 15.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−7.6

2021→2024

Drakes Branch Manufacturing, LLC injury rate improved

Drakes Branch Manufacturing, LLC's TCR fell 7.6 from 28.2 in 2021 to 20.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 63.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=28.2 · 2022=63.0 · 2023=12.5 · 2024=20.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333243 · Drakes Branch, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 20.4 · 619% of ind

  • DART 15.5 DART
  • RANK P0
  • PHOTO Rinaldi
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rinaldi (0.3 TCR gap)

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Drakes Branch Manufacturing, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Drakes Branch Manufacturing, LLC averages 20.4 TCR (619% of the Sawmill equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Drakes Branch Manufacturing, LLC TCR series: 2021=28.2 · 2022=63 · 2023=12.5 · 2024=20.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Drakes Branch Manufacturing, LLC falls in its industry

137 Sawmill equipment manufacturin establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Drakes Branch Manufacturing, LLC (29 employees, TCR 20.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Drakes Branch Manufacturing, LLC
Drakes Branch Manufacturing, LLC (29 employees, TCR 20.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Drakes Branch Manufacturing, LLC has fewer employees than the Sawmill equipment manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 20.6 15.5 3 1 0
2023 12.5 6.3 4 0 0
2022 63.0 20.1 12 10 0
2021 28.2 17.6 3 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333243 · VA · Drakes Branch

137 Sawmill equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 4 employers in Drakes Branch, VA · 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 Rinaldi 20.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mereen Johnson LLC Webster SD 17.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alpha Prime Inc. 16.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR U.S. Blades Sub LLC 16.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE WDC Greenhouse LLC 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE BIRDSONG PEANUTS - FRK/SOUTHAMPTON 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE HAR-TRU Sports 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Har-Tru, LLC 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR J.R. Tharpe Trucking Co, Inc. 90 FTE
CITY-NEAR CWT, Inc. 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stanley Land & Lumber Corporation 21 FTE
NAT-TCR A&L Siding and Home Improvement Center, Inc. 20.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0247 Agoura Hills 20.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Nick's Health Care Center 20.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 284026-Independence Po 20.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE 1223 - BELFOR Myrtle Beach SC 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE IN700 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Classic Rock Fabrication, LLC - Pittsburgh 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5049 - GA Newton County Jail 29 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. 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.