Panels · Montana

Kalispell Plywood

Kalispell, MT · ~215 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kalispell Plywood runs at 126% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Panels workplace, earning a grade D.

Kalispell Plywood: 4.2 TCR = 126% of Panels BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kalispell Plywood safety composite

Kalispell Plywood scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−1.8

2016→2024

Kalispell Plywood injury rate improved

Kalispell Plywood's TCR fell 1.8 from 5.7 in 2016 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.7 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=5.6 · 2020=1.0 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321219 · Kalispell, MT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 126% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK P22
  • PHOTO North America : Towa…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 61 inj
  • SIZE ~215 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: North America : Towanda (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kalispell Plywood in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kalispell Plywood averages 4.2 TCR (126% of the Panels BLS benchmark).

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

Kalispell Plywood TCR series: 2016=5.7 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=5.6 · 2020=1 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Kalispell Plywood falls in its industry

125 Panels establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Kalispell Plywood (215 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 0100200300400500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Kalispell Plywood
Kalispell Plywood (215 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Kalispell Plywood has more employees than the Panels median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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
2024 3.9 2.9 8 0 0
2023 5.9 3.0 9 3 0
2022 3.4 1.0 7 0 0
2021 3.6 1.4 7 1 0
2020 1.0 1.0 2 0 0
2018 5.6 2.8 10 2 0
2017 4.3 3.0 9 1 0
2016 5.7 3.6 9 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321219 · MT · Kalispell

125 Panels employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,536 rated employers in Montana with headcount on file · 117 employers in Kalispell, MT · 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 North America : Towanda 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kronospan LLC AN01 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Particle Board - WP 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Taylorsville Composites 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Columbia Falls MDF 216 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2608 216 FTE
STATE-SIZE Missoula Terminal 214 FTE
STATE-SIZE MTMIS - MISSOULA 214 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kalispell Regional Medical Center 2,715 FTE
CITY-NEAR Logan Health Medical Center (formerly Kalispell Regional Medical Center) 2,601 FTE
CITY-NEAR Logan Health (formerly Kalispell Regional Healthcare-System) 494 FTE
CITY-NEAR MTK01, Applied Materials, Semi Tool Main 406 FTE
NAT-TCR Eliza Jennings Home 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR T&H Electrical Corp. 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Columbia 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Howard Johnson's Enterprises 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mueller Brass Company 215 FTE
NAT-SIZE Daniels Manufacturing Corporation 215 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stonycreek Facility 215 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fort Scott 215 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.