Sawmills · New York

Gutchess Freedom Incorporated

Name: Gutchess Freedom Incorporated Workplace Safety Data
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Freedom, NY · ~83 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Gutchess Freedom Incorporated runs at 231% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sawmills workplace, earning a grade F.

Gutchess Freedom Incorporated: 7.6 TCR = 231% of Sawmills BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gutchess Freedom Incorporated safety composite

Gutchess Freedom Incorporated scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers
DART rate: F 6.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Gutchess Freedom Incorporated: 7.1 → 8.2 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 11.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.86× in 2024

Gutchess Freedom Incorporated's TCR rose 1.0 from 7.1 in 2016 to 8.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321113 · Freedom, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 231% of ind

DART 6.5 DART
RANK #20/28
PHOTO Buffalo Lumber Tie
BOOK 9y book
INJ 57 inj
SIZE ~83 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Buffalo Lumber Tie (0.0 TCR gap)

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7.6
Buffalo Lumber

7.6
Chips, Inc.

7.6
Rockbridge Saw

7.6
Hancock Lumber

7.6

What this shows Gutchess Freedom Incorporated averages 7.6 TCR (231% of the Sawmills BLS benchmark).

Gutchess Freedom Incorporated TCR series: 2016=7.1 · 2017=8.7 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=11.4 · 2020=9.3 · 2021=6.2 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=8.1 · 2024=8.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Gutchess Freedom Incorporated falls in its industry

905 Sawmills establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 28 Sawmills employers in New York.

Gutchess Freedom Incorporated (83 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Gutchess Freedom Incorporated has more employees than the Sawmills 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
2024	8.2	6.5	5
2023	8.1	6.7	6
2022	7.3	7.3	7
2021	6.2	4.2	6
2020	9.3	8.1	8
2019	11.4	8.8	9
2018	2.3	2.3	2
2017	8.7	3.2	8
2016	7.1	2.4	6

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321113 · NY · Freedom

905 Sawmills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Buffalo Lumber Tie	FOUNTAIN CITY, WI	7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Chips, Inc.	TROY, VA	7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Rockbridge Sawmill	RICHLAND CENTER, WI	7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hancock Lumber Company- Casco Sawmill	CASCO, ME	7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Willow Bend Farm	CLIFTON SPRINGS	83 FTE
STATE-SIZE	NYSEG Plattsburgh	PLATTSBURGH	83 FTE
STATE-SIZE	59th Street Generating Station	NEW YORK	83 FTE
STATE-SIZE	QUEENS SERVICE CENTER-NY71	SPRINGFIELD	83 FTE
NAT-TCR	Front Range Stone, Inc	Englewood, CO	7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	046/Cherry Hill	Cherry Hill, NJ	7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Danbury Store	Danbury, CT	7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Muskogee	Muskogee, OK	7.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Vanguard Products Corporation	Danbury, CT	83 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Trader Joe's 0675 Bloomfield Hills	Bloomfield Hills, MI	83 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Trader Joe's 0697 Oak Park	Oak Park, IL	83 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Trader Joe's 0733 Roswell	Roswell, GA	83 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.