Veneer and plywood forming machinery manufacturing · Oregon
Freres Engineered Wood
Lyons, OR · ~286 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Freres Engineered Wood runs at 272% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Veneer and plywood forming machinery manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.0
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 36
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Freres Engineered Wood's OSHA Total Case Rate of 9.0 to the Veneer and plywood forming machinery manufacturing BLS benchmark of 3.3 (272% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Freres Engineered Wood's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Freres Engineered Wood falls in its industry
152 Veneer and plywood forming mac establishmentsSafer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.
Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 11 Veneer and plywood forming mac employers in Oregon.
Trend analysis for Freres Engineered Wood
Between 2023 and 2024, Freres Engineered Wood's Total Case Rate improved from 12.6 to 5.3 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 58% decrease across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2024, at a TCR of 5.3, while 2023 saw the highest rate, at 12.6, a spread of 7.3 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Freres Engineered Wood recorded 36 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 36 injuries, 3 illnesses shown on this page for Freres Engineered Wood are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 333243 - Veneer and plywood forming machinery manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
15 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 637,141 hours worked = 4.71 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Freres Engineered Wood (this establishment) | 8.99 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Paper and paperboard converting machinery manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 333243 |
| Oregon state avg (all industries) | 6.16 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Freres Engineered Wood to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 17 reportable incidents · 15 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 22 reportable incidents · 21 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12.6 | 5.8 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Freres Engineered Wood's reported OSHA injury record versus its Veneer and plywood forming machinery manufacturing peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 272% of the Veneer and plywood forming machinery manufacturing benchmark, Freres Engineered Wood reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Veneer and plywood forming machinery manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.