Reconstituted Wood Product Manufacturing · Louisiana

North America : Dodson

Name: North America : Dodson Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Dodson, LA · ~315 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

North America : Dodson runs at 113% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Reconstituted Wood Product Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

North America : Dodson: 3.7 TCR = 113% of Reconstituted Wood Product Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North America : Dodson safety composite

North America : Dodson scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 3.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

North America : Dodson: 1.9 → 4.4 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 4.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.99× in 2023

North America : Dodson's TCR rose 2.5 from 1.9 in 2021 to 4.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321219 · Dodson, LA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 113% of ind

DART 3.7 DART
RANK #10/11
PHOTO PA161 Mt Jewett MDF
BOOK 3y book
INJ 14 inj
SIZE ~315 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PA161 Mt Jewett MDF (0.0 TCR gap)

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GA200 Monticel

3.9
This site

3.7
PA161 Mt Jewet

3.7
Decorative Pan

3.6
Keener Lumber

3.5

What this shows North America : Dodson averages 3.7 TCR (113% of the Reconstituted Wood Product Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

North America : Dodson TCR series: 2021=1.9 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=4.4 · BLS 3.3

Where North America : Dodson falls in its industry

125 Reconstituted Wood Product Man establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 11 Reconstituted Wood Product Man employers in Louisiana.

North America : Dodson (315 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 2.2

North America : Dodson has more employees than the Reconstituted Wood Product Manufacturing median and a higher 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
2023	4.4	3.7	6
2022	4.8	3.2	6
2021	1.9	1.9	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321219 · LA · Dodson

125 Reconstituted Wood Product Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 5 employers in Dodson, LA · 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	PA161 Mt Jewett MDF	KANE, PA	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Decorative Panels International	TOLEDO, OH	3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	GA200 Monticello MDF	MONTICELLO, GA	3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Keener Lumber Company, Inc.	SMITHFIELD, NC	3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Hunt Forest Products, LLC	POLLOCK	315 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1369 - Baton Rouge Siegen	BATON ROUGE	315 FTE
STATE-SIZE	5056	PRAIRIEVILLE	315 FTE
STATE-SIZE	542	HOUMA	315 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Dodson Lumber	Dodson	161 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Dodson	Dodson	157 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0308 - Fiber-Louisiana	Dodson	104 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Arclin Dodson La.	Dodson	31 FTE
NAT-TCR	Fargo LTL	Fargo, ND	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Juvenile Detention Center	Davenport, IA	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Construction	Ocala, FL	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Compassus - Hattiesburg	Hattiesburg, MS	3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Youth Development	Chesterfield, VA	315 FTE
NAT-SIZE	MS Companies Lincoln Alabama	Lincoln, AL	315 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Burbank Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center	Burbank, CA	315 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Vulcan 505	Seattle, WA	315 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.