Pressure treated lumber made from purchased lumber · Michigan

Midwest Timber Plant

Name: Midwest Timber Plant Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Edwardsburg, MI · ~48 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 1
Fatality

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The verdict

Midwest Timber Plant runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Pressure treated lumber made from purchased lumber workplace, earning a grade C.

Midwest Timber Plant: 2.9 TCR = 87% of Pressure treated lumber made from purchased lumber BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Midwest Timber Plant safety composite

Midwest Timber Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers
Fatalities: F 1

Safer than 1% 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

−5.7

2019→2021

Midwest Timber Plant injury rate improved

Midwest Timber Plant's TCR fell 5.7 from 5.7 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=5.7 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321114 · Edwardsburg, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 87% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #4/5
PHOTO Carolina Pole, Inc.
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Carolina Pole, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.9
Carolina Pole,

2.9
Koppers Eutawv

2.9
Great Southern

2.8
Koppers Denver

2.8

What this shows Midwest Timber Plant averages 2.9 TCR (87% of the Pressure treated lumber made from purchased lumber BLS benchmark).

Midwest Timber Plant TCR series: 2019=5.7 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Midwest Timber Plant falls in its industry

183 Pressure treated lumber made f establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Pressure treated lumber made f employers in Michigan.

Midwest Timber Plant (48 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Midwest Timber Plant has more employees than the Pressure treated lumber made from purcha median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2019	5.7	1.9	3	0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321114 · MI · Edwardsburg

183 Pressure treated lumber made from purchased lumber employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 6 employers in Edwardsburg, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Carolina Pole, Inc.	EUTAWVILLE, SC	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Koppers Eutawville	EUTAWVILLE, SC	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Great Southern Wood - Florida	LAKE PANASOFFKEE, FL	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Koppers Denver	DENVER, CO	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Sietsema Farms	ALLENDALE	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	J.M. Longyear, LLC - Office & Forestry	MARQUETTE	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Great Lakes Packing Co	KEWADIN	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Top Grade Aggregates, LLC	HAMILTON	48 FTE
CITY-NEAR	North American Moulding	Edwardsburg	245 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Duo-Form Plastics	Edwardsburg	242 FTE
CITY-NEAR	North American Forest Edwardsburg	Edwardsburg	241 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MERCURY DISPLACEMENT INDUSTRIES, INC.	Edwardsburg	35 FTE
NAT-TCR	Caraustar Arlington 407	Arlington, TX	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Denver Roofing Plant	Denver, CO	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Plug Power Romeoville, IL Office	Latham, NY	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	I H Schlezinger Inc 1041 Joyce Ave	Columbus, OH	2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Midland Paper - Des Plaines, IL	Des Plaines, IL	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	OR2	Hillsboro, OR	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Connelly Plumbing Co	Springfield, MO	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Village of Hanover Park Public Works	Hanover Park, IL	48 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: 2021, 2019. 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.