Sawmills · Tennessee

Elk Valley Hardwoods, LLC

Ethridge, TN · ~27 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Elk Valley Hardwoods, LLC runs at 363% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sawmills workplace, earning a grade F.

Elk Valley Hardwoods, LLC: 12.0 TCR = 363% of Sawmills BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Elk Valley Hardwoods, LLC safety composite

Elk Valley Hardwoods, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−9.2

2017→2024

Elk Valley Hardwoods, LLC injury rate improved

Elk Valley Hardwoods, LLC's TCR fell 9.2 from 9.2 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 24.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.2 · 2018=14.5 · 2019=23.7 · 2020=20.6 · 2021=24.9 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321113 · Ethridge, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.0 · 363% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #22/25
  • PHOTO Oregon Industrial Lu…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 33 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Oregon Industrial Lumber Products (0.0 TCR gap)

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Elk Valley Hardwoods, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Elk Valley Hardwoods, LLC averages 12.0 TCR (363% of the Sawmills BLS benchmark).

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

Elk Valley Hardwoods, LLC TCR series: 2017=9.2 · 2018=14.5 · 2019=23.7 · 2020=20.6 · 2021=24.9 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Elk Valley Hardwoods, LLC falls in its industry

905 Sawmills establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 25 Sawmills employers in Tennessee.

Elk Valley Hardwoods, LLC (27 employees, TCR 12.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Elk Valley Hardwoods, LLC
Elk Valley Hardwoods, LLC (27 employees, TCR 12.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Elk Valley Hardwoods, LLC has fewer 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.9 0.0 1 0 0
2021 24.9 8.3 9 0 0
2020 20.6 2.9 7 0 0
2019 23.7 13.2 8 1 0
2018 14.5 8.7 5 0 0
2017 9.2 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321113 · TN · Ethridge

905 Sawmills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 5 employers in Ethridge, TN · 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 Oregon Industrial Lumber Products 12.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lashway Lumber Inc Goshen and Williamsburg 12.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Speyside Bourbon Stave Mill in Ohio 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR CLL 12.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Montgomery County Power Station 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Precision Millwrights & Consultants, Inc. 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Innovative Millwright Service 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cumberland Valley Constructors, Inc. 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-ZLAW 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR Craig Manufacturing USA Inc. 64 FTE
CITY-NEAR 384 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR A. Land Electric, LLC 23 FTE
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0080 Roseville 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Victorian Village Health & Wellness Center 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Four Seasons Air Conditioning Inc 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR UNIMAK Vessel LLC 12.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Chemtrade Refinery Services Inc. Riverton 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE JMC of Jonesboro, Inc. 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE VitroCom Headquarters 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shorco, Inc. 27 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.