Boards, wood, resawing purchased lumber · Indiana
Great Lakes Forest Products
Elkhart, IN · ~265 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Great Lakes Forest Products runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Boards, wood, resawing purchased lumber workplace, earning a grade B.
Great Lakes Forest Products: 1.9 TCR = 56% of Boards, wood, resawing purchased lumber BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Great Lakes Forest Products safety composite
Great Lakes Forest Products scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
70/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.86 per 100 workers
Safer than 88% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.25 per 100 workers
Safer than 64% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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
−1.3
2016→2024
Great Lakes Forest Products injury rate improved
Great Lakes Forest Products's TCR fell 1.3 from 3.0 in 2016 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.0 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=1.1 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=1.0 · 2024=1.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 321912 · Elkhart, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 56% of ind
- DART 1.3 DART
- RANK #2/5
- PHOTO Hiland Wood Products…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 35 inj
- SIZE ~265 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Hiland Wood Products Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Great Lakes Forest Products in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Great Lakes Forest Products
1.9 TCR
- Northwest Hard
Northwest Hardwoods, Inc
1.9 TCR
- Hiland Wood Pr
Hiland Wood Products Inc.
1.8 TCR
- Pioneer Cut St
Pioneer Cut Stock, Inc
1.8 TCR
- 06500 - CAROLI
06500 - CAROLINA ART & FRAME
1.7 TCR
What this shows Great Lakes Forest Products averages 1.9 TCR (56% of the Boards, wood, resawing purchased lumber BLS benchmark).
Great Lakes Forest Products TCR series: 2016=3 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=1.1 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=1 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Great Lakes Forest Products falls in its industry
178 Boards, wood, resawing purchas establishmentsSafer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Boards, wood, resawing purchas employers in Indiana.
Great Lakes Forest Products has more employees than the Boards, wood, resawing purchased lumber median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
321912 · IN · Elkhart
178 Boards, wood, resawing purchased lumber employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 401 employers in Elkhart, IN · 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 | Hiland Wood Products Inc. | 1.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Northwest Hardwoods, Inc | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pioneer Cut Stock, Inc | 1.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 06500 - CAROLINA ART & FRAME | 1.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Tonn and Blank Construction, LLC | 265 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Meijer 120 | 265 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | HAMMOND/EAST LAKE (INHAM) | 265 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sabic-IP Mt. Vernon | 266 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Forest River, Inc. | 12,549 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | THOR MOTOR COACH | 2,437 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Elkhart Community Schools | 1,892 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HRV LLC | 1,692 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Overhead Door Company Cincinnati | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lafayette | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Woodfield Trucking | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | FERMA Field (So Cal) | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Mediacom | 265 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kontoor Brands | 265 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Blue Triton Brands, Inc. Product Supply - Mecosta | 265 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | WB Moore Company | 265 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.