OSB (oriented strandboard) manufacturing · Minnesota

Norbord Minnesota

Name: Norbord Minnesota Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Solway, MN · ~134 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Norbord Minnesota runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical OSB (oriented strandboard) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Norbord Minnesota: 1.5 TCR = 45% of OSB (oriented strandboard) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Norbord Minnesota safety composite

Norbord Minnesota scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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).

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Norbord Minnesota: 0.7 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 3.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.01× in 2019

Norbord Minnesota's TCR rose 2.3 from 0.7 in 2017 to 3.0 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321219 · Solway, MN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 45% of ind

DART 1.5 DART
RANK P64
PHOTO El Dorado Composites
BOOK 3y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~134 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: El Dorado Composites (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.5
El Dorado Comp

1.5
Flakeboard Ame

1.5
GA518 Thomson

1.5
Crystal Hill

1.4

What this shows Norbord Minnesota averages 1.5 TCR (45% of the OSB (oriented strandboard) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Norbord Minnesota TCR series: 2017=0.7 · 2018=0.7 · 2019=3 · BLS 3.3

Where Norbord Minnesota falls in its industry

125 OSB (oriented strandboard) man establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Norbord Minnesota (134 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Norbord Minnesota has fewer employees than the OSB (oriented strandboard) manufacturing 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
2019	3.0	1.5	4
2018	0.7	0.7	1
2017	0.7	0.7	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321219 · MN · Solway

125 OSB (oriented strandboard) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 4 employers in Solway, MN · 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	El Dorado Composites	EL DORADO, AR	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Flakeboard America Limited	BENNETTSVILLE, SC	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	GA518 Thomson Particleboard	THOMSON, GA	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Crystal Hill	CRYSTAL HILL, VA	1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Tuffys Pet Treat Inc	DELANO	134 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Behrens Manufacturing, LLC	WINONA	134 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sheet Metal Connectors Inc	MINNEAPOLIS	134 FTE
STATE-SIZE	HIREL SYSTEMS MARSHALL MN	MARSHALL	134 FTE
CITY-NEAR	West Fraser Bemidji	Solway	139 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Northern Horizons Solway, Inc	Solway	117 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SOLWAY ELEMENTARY	Solway	24 FTE
NAT-TCR	Lima Service Center	Lima, OH	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hazel Street	Warren, PA	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Litecontrol	Plympton, MA	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	SAO : LSM - Elyria, OH	Elyria, OH	1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Knife River Missoula DBA JTL	Missoula, MT	134 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Superior Grocers # 101	Los Angeles, CA	134 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mobile Paperboard	Mobile, AL	134 FTE
NAT-SIZE	6400-Swy 0017 0270	Flagstaff, AZ	134 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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