Chipboard (I.e., particle core, wood chip face), manufacturing · South Carolina

Flakeboard America Limited

Name: Flakeboard America Limited Workplace Safety Data
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Bennettsville, SC · ~205 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Flakeboard America Limited runs at 44% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Chipboard (I.e., particle core, wood chip face), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Flakeboard America Limited: 1.5 TCR = 44% of Chipboard (I.e., particle core, wood chip face), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Flakeboard America Limited safety composite

Flakeboard America Limited scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−1.9

2020→2021

Flakeboard America Limited injury rate improved

Flakeboard America Limited's TCR fell 1.9 from 2.4 in 2020 to 0.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=2.4 · 2021=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321219 · Bennettsville, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 44% of ind

DART 0.5 DART
RANK #3/6
PHOTO GA518 Thomson Partic…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~205 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GA518 Thomson Particleboard (0.0 TCR gap)

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GA518 Thomson

1.5
El Dorado Comp

1.5
Norbord Minnes

1.5
Crystal Hill

1.4

What this shows Flakeboard America Limited averages 1.5 TCR (44% of the Chipboard (I.e., particle core, wood chip face), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Flakeboard America Limited TCR series: 2020=2.4 · 2021=0.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Flakeboard America Limited falls in its industry

125 Chipboard (I.e., particle core establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 6 Chipboard (I.e., particle core employers in South Carolina.

Flakeboard America Limited (205 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Flakeboard America Limited has more employees than the Chipboard (I.e., particle core, wood chi median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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
2021	0.5	0.5	1	0	0
2020	2.4	2.4	5	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321219 · SC · Bennettsville

125 Chipboard (I.e., particle core, wood chip face), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 27 employers in Bennettsville, SC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	GA518 Thomson Particleboard	THOMSON, GA	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	El Dorado Composites	EL DORADO, AR	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Norbord Minnesota	SOLWAY, MN	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Crystal Hill	CRYSTAL HILL, VA	1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	astenjohnson clinton	CLINTON	205 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SEW Eurodrive Lyman Manufacturing	LYMAN	205 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AVX- Myrtle Beach	MYRTLE BEACH	205 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Unifi Aviation Services : MYR - Myrtle Beach	MYRTLE BEACH	205 FTE
CITY-NEAR	USA Bennettsville SC Oak River North	Bennettsville	467 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Marlboro	Bennettsville	347 FTE
CITY-NEAR	USA Bennettsville SC Oak River South	Bennettsville	250 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sopakco	Bennettsville	222 FTE
NAT-TCR	Mid-Rivers Communications	Glendive, MT	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Howard's Excavating & Paving	Oklahoma City, OK	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Shiseido Americas Distribution Center	Groveport, OH	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	D&H Refrigeration, Inc.	Homer Glen, IL	1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	LaGrange Facility	Lagrange, GA	205 FTE
NAT-SIZE	BUSCH LLC. Virginia beach	Virginia Beach, VA	205 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Acemco Incorporated	Spring Lake, MI	205 FTE
NAT-SIZE	InterDesign, Inc 1	Solon, OH	205 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: 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.