Dimension lumber, made from logs or bolts · North Carolina
New South Companies, Inc
Graham, NC · ~99 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
New South Companies, Inc runs at 14% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Dimension lumber, made from logs or bolts workplace, earning a grade A.
New South Companies, Inc: 0.5 TCR = 14% of Dimension lumber, made from logs or bolts BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
New South Companies, Inc safety composite
New South Companies, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).
77/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.47 per 100 workers
Safer than 99% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.76 per 100 workers
Safer than 68% 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%).
Rising injury rate
New South Companies, Inc: 0.0 → 0.8 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 1.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.62× in 2024
New South Companies, Inc's TCR rose 0.8 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 1.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 321113 · Graham, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 14% of ind
- DART 0.8 DART
- RANK #1/34
- PHOTO Northwest Hardwoods,…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~99 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. Prairie (0.0 TCR gap)
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New South Companies, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Walnut Creek L
Walnut Creek Lumber Company
0.6 TCR
- This site
New South Companies, Inc
0.5 TCR
- Northwest Hard
Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. Prairie
0.5 TCR
- Al Tom Forest
Al Tom Forest Products, Inc.
0.4 TCR
- COPIAH LUMBER
COPIAH LUMBER COMPANY INC.
0.4 TCR
What this shows New South Companies, Inc averages 0.5 TCR (14% of the Dimension lumber, made from logs or bolts BLS benchmark).
New South Companies, Inc TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 3.3
Where New South Companies, Inc falls in its industry
905 Dimension lumber, made from lo establishmentsSafer than 99% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 34 Dimension lumber, made from lo employers in North Carolina.
New South Companies, Inc has more employees than the Dimension lumber, made from logs or bolt median and a lower 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 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
321113 · NC · Graham
905 Dimension lumber, made from logs or bolts employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 29 employers in Graham, NC · 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 | Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. Prairie | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Al Tom Forest Products, Inc. | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | COPIAH LUMBER COMPANY INC. | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Walnut Creek Lumber Company | 0.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | R.D. Graham Electric LLC | 99 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Modern Mechanical HVAC LLC | 99 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Southern Elevator Company Inc. | 99 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sealing Agents Waterproofing Inc | 99 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Alamance County | 761 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Alamance Foods Cedar Crest | 532 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Buckner Heavylift Cranes, LLC. | 207 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ASPE-South LLC | 146 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | DuPont Spruance Plant | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Acoustic Ceiling & Partition Company, Inc. dba Arbor Construction Personell | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Brigham | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | West Salem | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | River Terrace Operator LLC | 99 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Shady Lawn Health and Rehabilitation | 99 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Main Office | 99 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Merrill's Packaging Inc. | 99 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.