Furniture, household-type, upholstered on frames of any material, manufacturing · Mississippi
La-Z-Boy South, Newton MS
Newton, MS · ~281 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
La-Z-Boy South, Newton MS runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Furniture, household-type, upholstered on frames of any material, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
La-Z-Boy South, Newton MS: 1.9 TCR = 56% of Furniture, household-type, upholstered on frames of any material, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
La-Z-Boy South, Newton MS safety composite
La-Z-Boy South, Newton MS scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% 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).
74/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.85 per 100 workers
Safer than 88% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0.61 per 100 workers
Safer than 75% 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%).
TCR Δ
−2.0
2022→2024
La-Z-Boy South, Newton MS injury rate improved
La-Z-Boy South, Newton MS's TCR fell 2.0 from 3.2 in 2022 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=3.2 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=1.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 337121 · Newton, MS AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 56% of ind
- DART 0.6 DART
- RANK #6/46
- PHOTO La-Z-Boy Midwest
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 14 inj
- SIZE ~281 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: La-Z-Boy Midwest (0.0 TCR gap)
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La-Z-Boy South, Newton MS in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Snyder Paper -
Snyder Paper - High Point Cushion
2 TCR
- This site
La-Z-Boy South, Newton MS
1.9 TCR
- La-Z-Boy Midwe
La-Z-Boy Midwest
1.9 TCR
- Overman Intern
Overman International Corporation
1.9 TCR
- Hickory Chair
Hickory Chair
1.8 TCR
What this shows La-Z-Boy South, Newton MS averages 1.9 TCR (56% of the Furniture, household-type, upholstered on frames of any material, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
La-Z-Boy South, Newton MS TCR series: 2022=3.2 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 3.3
Where La-Z-Boy South, Newton MS falls in its industry
300 Furniture, household-type, uph establishmentsSafer than 88% 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 #6 safest of 46 Furniture, household-type, uph employers in Mississippi.
La-Z-Boy South, Newton MS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 10 | 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 | La-Z-Boy Midwest | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Overman International Corporation | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hickory Chair | 1.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Snyder Paper - High Point Cushion | 2.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Southern Motion Plant 2 | 281 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sysco Jackson | 281 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Medical Foundation Inc. | 281 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Peco Foods- Brooksville, MS | 280 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LaZBoy | 535 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | La-Z-Boy South | 477 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ESCO Group LLC, | 354 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Weir Esco Newton | 313 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Crossroads Mobile Maintenance - MI | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Store 1465 | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 104668 - Seattle Marine Yard 2021 | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | S.A. Comunale - Norton | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | St Marys Reg Medical 1344 263j | 281 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sanoh-America | 281 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Great Dane | 281 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Green Bay Packaging Shipping Container | 281 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.