Sawmills · Kentucky

McCreary County Hardwoods, Inc.

Pine Knot, KY · ~30 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

McCreary County Hardwoods, Inc. runs at 189% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sawmills workplace, earning a grade D.

McCreary County Hardwoods, Inc.: 6.3 TCR = 189% of Sawmills BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

McCreary County Hardwoods, Inc. safety composite

McCreary County Hardwoods, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−3.0

2017→2024

McCreary County Hardwoods, Inc. injury rate improved

McCreary County Hardwoods, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.0 from 7.2 in 2017 to 4.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 13.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.2 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=7.0 · 2021=9.2 · 2022=13.9 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321113 · Pine Knot, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 189% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #15/28
  • PHOTO Park Falls Hardwoods
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Park Falls Hardwoods (0.0 TCR gap)

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McCreary County Hardwoods, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows McCreary County Hardwoods, Inc. averages 6.3 TCR (189% of the Sawmills BLS benchmark).

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

McCreary County Hardwoods, Inc. TCR series: 2017=7.2 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=7 · 2021=9.2 · 2022=13.9 · 2023=0 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 3.3

Where McCreary County Hardwoods, Inc. falls in its industry

905 Sawmills establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 28 Sawmills employers in Kentucky.

McCreary County Hardwoods, Inc. (30 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate McCreary County Hardwoods, Inc.
McCreary County Hardwoods, Inc. (30 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2

McCreary County Hardwoods, Inc. has fewer employees than the Sawmills median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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 4.3 4.3 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 13.9 13.9 3 0 0
2021 9.2 9.2 2 0 0
2020 7.0 0.0 2 0 0
2019 3.9 0.0 1 0 0
2018 4.5 0.0 1 0 0
2017 7.2 7.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321113 · KY · Pine Knot

905 Sawmills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 4 employers in Pine Knot, KY · 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 Park Falls Hardwoods 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Roan Mountain Sawmill 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Binderholz Live Oak LLC 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR WW Wood, Inc. 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Davis Brothers Farms 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Homestead Family Farms 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hwy 60 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE LGE-KU Magnolia Compressor Station 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Academy Plant 155 FTE
CITY-NEAR Academy Manufacturing 97 FTE
CITY-NEAR LP Pine Knot, LLC--McCreary Co 70 FTE
NAT-TCR Veit Disposal 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Prinsco, Inc. - Prinsburg 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Parlec llc 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Brandt Packing, Co. 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE R29GY - Tower Office 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stericycle - Roebuck,SC 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Garden City 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tem Inc 30 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. 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.