Sawmills · Virginia

Franklin Lumber, LLC

Franklin, VA · ~72 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Franklin Lumber, LLC runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Sawmills workplace, earning a grade B.

Franklin Lumber, LLC: 1.7 TCR = 52% of Sawmills BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Franklin Lumber, LLC safety composite

Franklin Lumber, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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

−2.4

2016→2024

Franklin Lumber, LLC injury rate improved

Franklin Lumber, LLC's TCR fell 2.4 from 2.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.4 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321113 · Franklin, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 52% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/35
  • PHOTO United Forest Produc…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: United Forest Products Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Franklin Lumber, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Franklin Lumber, LLC averages 1.7 TCR (52% of the Sawmills BLS benchmark).

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

Franklin Lumber, LLC TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Franklin Lumber, LLC falls in its industry

905 Sawmills establishments

Safer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 35 Sawmills employers in Virginia.

Franklin Lumber, LLC (72 employees, TCR 1.7) 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 Franklin Lumber, LLC
Franklin Lumber, LLC (72 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Franklin Lumber, LLC has more employees than the Sawmills median and a lower 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 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2022 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2021 2.6 1.3 1 1 0
2020 2.4 1.2 2 0 0
2019 1.1 0.0 1 0 0
2018 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2017 3.5 1.1 2 1 0
2016 2.4 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321113 · VA · Franklin

905 Sawmills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 35 employers in Franklin, 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 United Forest Products Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR PotlatchDeltic: WARREN 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Battle Lumber Co 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Interfor US Inc. Georgetown Division 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Soli Organic Inc. - Headquarters 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE John W Vaughan Mtr and Str 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE 103962 - WMATA 6 Yellow / Blue Lines 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE TEEL Construction 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Hampton Medical Center 331 FTE
CITY-NEAR International Paper Franklin Mill 318 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2705 280 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2705 273 FTE
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Sanofi Hq Cafeteria 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Memorial Health Care System 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR John's Service & Sales 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Lindenmeyr Fridley 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE I L Long Construction Co., Inc. 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Honolulu 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Go-Mart Inc. 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mubea Apprentice, Tool Shop, & Disc Springs 72 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, 2016. 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.