Furniture, household-type, upholstered on frames of any material, manufacturing · Mississippi
La-Z-Boy South
Newton, MS · ~477 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
La-Z-Boy South runs at 97% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Furniture, household-type, upholstered on frames of any material, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
La-Z-Boy South: 3.2 TCR = 97% of Furniture, household-type, upholstered on frames of any material, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
La-Z-Boy South safety composite
La-Z-Boy South scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% 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).
64/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.21 per 100 workers
Safer than 72% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.5 per 100 workers
Safer than 65% 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%).
Rising injury rate
La-Z-Boy South: 2.3 → 4.5 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 4.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.47× in 2021
La-Z-Boy South's TCR rose 2.2 from 2.3 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 337121 · Newton, MS AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 97% of ind
- DART 1.5 DART
- RANK #13/46
- PHOTO Bernhardt Furniture …
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 36 inj
- SIZE ~477 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Bernhardt Furniture Company Plant #7 (0.0 TCR gap)
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La-Z-Boy South in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
La-Z-Boy South
3.2 TCR
- Bernhardt Furn
Bernhardt Furniture Company Plant #7
3.2 TCR
- Century Uphols
Century Upholstery Plant # 2
3.2 TCR
- Vanguard Main
Vanguard Main VGM
3.2 TCR
- Baker Interior
Baker Interiors Furniture Company
3.2 TCR
What this shows La-Z-Boy South averages 3.2 TCR (97% of the Furniture, household-type, upholstered on frames of any material, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
La-Z-Boy South TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=4.5 · BLS 3.3
Where La-Z-Boy South falls in its industry
300 Furniture, household-type, uph establishmentsSafer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 46 Furniture, household-type, uph employers in Mississippi.
La-Z-Boy South has more employees than the Furniture, household-type, upholstered o median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
337121 · MS · Newton
300 Furniture, household-type, upholstered on frames of any material, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 14 employers in Newton, MS · 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 | Bernhardt Furniture Company Plant #7 | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Century Upholstery Plant # 2 | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Vanguard Main VGM | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Baker Interiors Furniture Company | 3.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Faurecia Madison | 479 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SOUTHERN | 480 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Castle Energy Group, LLC | 481 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | JANCX0UPS JAN - UPS | 481 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LaZBoy | 535 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ESCO Group LLC, | 354 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Weir Esco Newton | 313 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | La-Z-Boy South, Newton MS | 281 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Wisconsin Bldg - Sussex | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Heartland of Twinsburg | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Maverick Geneva, NY | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | NMC Group Omaha Rental | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Northfield | 477 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Schenker Inc | 477 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ball Plant III | 477 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | DuPont Circleville | 477 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.