Sawmills · Minnesota

Hedstrom Lumber Company, Inc.

Name: Hedstrom Lumber Company, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Grand Marais, MN · ~36 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hedstrom Lumber Company, Inc. runs at 196% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sawmills workplace, earning a grade D.

Hedstrom Lumber Company, Inc.: 6.5 TCR = 196% of Sawmills BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hedstrom Lumber Company, Inc. safety composite

Hedstrom Lumber Company, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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).

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 6.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

Hedstrom Lumber Company, Inc.: 5.7 → 7.2 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 7.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.56× in 2023

Hedstrom Lumber Company, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.5 from 5.7 in 2018 to 7.2 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321113 · Grand Marais, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 196% of ind

DART 3.6 DART
RANK #3/9
PHOTO Clary Lumber Company…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Clary Lumber Company, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.5
Grayson Lumber

6.5
Hillcrest Lumb

6.4

What this shows Hedstrom Lumber Company, Inc. averages 6.5 TCR (196% of the Sawmills BLS benchmark).

Hedstrom Lumber Company, Inc. TCR series: 2018=5.7 · 2023=7.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Hedstrom Lumber Company, Inc. falls in its industry

905 Sawmills establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 9 Sawmills employers in Minnesota.

Hedstrom Lumber Company, Inc. (36 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Hedstrom Lumber Company, Inc. has fewer 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	Illnesses	Fatalities
2023	7.2	3.6	1	1	0
2018	5.7	5.7	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321113 · MN · Grand Marais

905 Sawmills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 6 employers in Grand Marais, MN · 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	Clary Lumber Company, Inc.	GASBURG, NC	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Superior Forest Products LLC	MONTEZUMA, IN	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Grayson Lumber Corp.	HOUSTON, AL	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hillcrest Lumber, Ltd.	APPLE CREEK, OH	6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Prairie Moon Nursery	WINONA	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Corteva Agriscience - Olivia MN R&D	OLIVIA	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Central Counties Cooperative Litchfield	LITCHFIELD	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2011-Stanton, MN (Monsanto Co.)	STANTON	36 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cook County Hospital District	Grand Marais	137 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ISD #166	Grand Marais	118 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City of Grand Marais	Grand Marais	50 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Camp Menogyn	Grand Marais	45 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ihop 3052	Clovis, NM	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Advantage MetalWork & Finishing, LLC	Rochester, NY	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Apex Refrigeration & Boiler Company	Phoenix, AZ	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Piping Systems Inc	Assonet, MA	6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	TIS - PA - Fairless Hills	Fairless Hills, PA	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ihop 3603	Tucson, AZ	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ihop 3388	Tempe, AZ	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ihop 3308	Columbus, IN	36 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: 2023, 2018. 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.