Home centers, building materials · Georgia

Howard Lumber Company

Evans, GA · ~48 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Howard Lumber Company runs at 175% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Home centers, building materials workplace, earning a grade D.

Howard Lumber Company: 5.9 TCR = 175% of Home centers, building materials BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Howard Lumber Company safety composite

Howard Lumber Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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).

D

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

Howard Lumber Company held a steady TCR band

Howard Lumber Company's TCR held near 0.3 from 5.5 in 2016 to 5.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.5 · 2017=10.3 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=9.7 · 2021=4.0 · 2022=10.5 · 2023=8.1 · 2024=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444110 · Evans, GA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 175% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #160/232
  • PHOTO KOKOMO IN - 3146
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: KOKOMO IN - 3146 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Howard Lumber Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Howard Lumber Company averages 5.9 TCR (175% of the Home centers, building materials BLS benchmark).

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

Howard Lumber Company TCR series: 2016=5.5 · 2017=10.3 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=9.7 · 2021=4 · 2022=10.5 · 2023=8.1 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 3.4

Where Howard Lumber Company falls in its industry

6,309 Home centers, building materia establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #160 safest of 232 Home centers, building materia employers in Georgia.

Howard Lumber Company (48 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Howard Lumber Company
Howard Lumber Company (48 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Howard Lumber Company has fewer employees than the Home centers, building materials median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 5.2 1.7 3 0 0
2023 8.1 6.1 4 0 0
2022 10.5 6.3 4 1 0
2021 4.0 0.0 2 0 0
2020 9.7 9.7 4 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 10.3 10.3 4 0 0
2016 5.5 5.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444110 · GA · Evans

6,309 Home centers, building materials employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 43 employers in Evans, GA · 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 KOKOMO IN - 3146 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2565 TIMONIUM 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3605 BATTLEGROUND 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4030 NORTH SALEM 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE L&M Farms of Georgia, LLC 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plant McIntosh Combine Cycle 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Airport Operating - 112 Lake Mirror Road Forest Park 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Fulton Operating 116675 Wills Road 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR MFG-Augusta, GA-USA 1,006 FTE
CITY-NEAR Club Car : MFG-Augusta, GA-USA 894 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3570 365 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3570 358 FTE
NAT-TCR VDF Farm Plant 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Drug Plastics and Glass Co., Inc. - Elysburg, PA 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Park West Plaza 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Mowrey Elevator Company, Inc. 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Plant 43 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Frankenmuth 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Belle Chasse Terminal 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE A-1 Systems, Inc. ( Fort Worth location) 48 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.