Reconstituted wood sheets and boards manufacturing · Louisiana

Martco Chopin LLC

Chopin, LA · ~700 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Martco Chopin LLC runs at 16% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Reconstituted wood sheets and boards manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Martco Chopin LLC: 0.5 TCR = 16% of Reconstituted wood sheets and boards manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Martco Chopin LLC safety composite

Martco Chopin LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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%).

Martco Chopin LLC held a steady TCR band

Martco Chopin LLC's TCR held near 0.2 from 0.7 in 2016 to 0.5 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.7 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.7 · 2017=0.5 · 2018=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321219 · Chopin, LA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 16% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #1/11
  • PHOTO Louisiana-Pacific Ne…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~700 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Louisiana-Pacific Newberry (0.0 TCR gap)

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Martco Chopin LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Martco Chopin LLC averages 0.5 TCR (16% of the Reconstituted wood sheets and boards manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Martco Chopin LLC TCR series: 2016=0.7 · 2017=0.5 · 2018=0.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Martco Chopin LLC falls in its industry

125 Reconstituted wood sheets and establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 11 Reconstituted wood sheets and employers in Louisiana.

Martco Chopin LLC (700 employees, TCR 0.5) 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 0200400600800 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Martco Chopin LLC
Martco Chopin LLC (700 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Martco Chopin LLC has more employees than the Reconstituted wood sheets and boards man median and a lower 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
2018 0.5 0.3 4 0 0
2017 0.5 0.5 4 0 0
2016 0.7 0.6 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321219 · LA · Chopin

125 Reconstituted wood sheets and boards manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 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 Louisiana-Pacific Newberry 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Huber Engineered Woods, LLC, Crystal Hill 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Norbord Nacogdoches 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Louisiana-Pacific St. Louis 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Martco, L.L.C. (Chopin) 700 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Monroe LA Mill 701 FTE
STATE-SIZE HUB Enterprises, Inc. 699 FTE
STATE-SIZE Luling Plant 697 FTE
NAT-TCR Goldsmith Terminal 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Lifeguard HQ 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Gizmos Fun Factory 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR VASCOR Ltd Headquarters 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Presbyterian Kaseman Hospital 700 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Craft Brewery (Samuel Admas PA Brewery) 700 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pittsburgh Pirates - Pittsburgh Operations 700 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hayes Mechanical 700 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.