Lumber (i.e., rough, dressed) made from logs or bolts · Idaho

Empire Lumber Co.

Kamiah, ID · ~71 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Empire Lumber Co. runs at 453% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Lumber (i.e., rough, dressed) made from logs or bolts workplace, earning a grade F.

Empire Lumber Co.: 14.9 TCR = 453% of Lumber (i.e., rough, dressed) made from logs or bolts BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Empire Lumber Co. safety composite

Empire Lumber Co. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 42% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 3%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 3% 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

−46.8

2017→2024

Empire Lumber Co. injury rate improved

Empire Lumber Co.'s TCR fell 46.8 from 49.7 in 2017 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 49.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=49.7 · 2018=15.4 · 2019=13.9 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=9.3 · 2022=8.6 · 2024=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321113 · Kamiah, ID ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.9 · 453% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #21/24
  • PHOTO RSG Forest Products
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 40 inj
  • SIZE ~71 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RSG Forest Products (0.0 TCR gap)

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Empire Lumber Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Empire Lumber Co. averages 14.9 TCR (453% of the Lumber (i.e., rough, dressed) made from logs or bolts BLS benchmark).

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

Empire Lumber Co. TCR series: 2017=49.7 · 2018=15.4 · 2019=13.9 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=9.3 · 2022=8.6 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Empire Lumber Co. falls in its industry

905 Lumber (i.e., rough, dressed) establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Idaho alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 24 Lumber (i.e., rough, dressed) employers in Idaho.

Empire Lumber Co. (71 employees, TCR 14.9) 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 Empire Lumber Co.
Empire Lumber Co. (71 employees, TCR 14.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Empire Lumber Co. has more employees than the Lumber (i.e., rough, dressed) made from 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 2.9 2.9 2 0 0
2022 8.6 4.3 3 3 0
2021 9.3 5.3 4 3 0
2020 4.8 4.8 4 0 0
2019 13.9 10.1 8 3 0
2018 15.4 12.8 11 1 1
2017 49.7 36.2 8 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321113 · ID · Kamiah

905 Lumber (i.e., rough, dressed) made from logs or bolts employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,774 rated employers in Idaho with headcount on file · 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 RSG Forest Products 14.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ward Pine Mill 15.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacific Fir Lumber Company 15.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR BCLC-Davenport Manufacturing & Headquarters 14.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Champion 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Idaho Site Works, LLC 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Azek Building Products 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Boise-Fuel and Fill Gas Plant 71 FTE
NAT-TCR International Aerospace Coatings 14.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 109 Farms 14.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Washington Senior Living LLC 14.9 TCR
NAT-TCR LFUCG - Materials Recovery Facility 14.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Arden Hills Lumber Yard 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE DMZ Builders 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Universidad Ana G. Mendez - Yabucoa 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE ICCS - Kendall 71 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, 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.