Sawmills · Virginia

North Garden Sawmill

Name: North Garden Sawmill Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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North Garden, VA · ~50 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.0
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

North Garden Sawmill runs at 152% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sawmills workplace, earning a grade D.

North Garden Sawmill: 5.0 TCR = 152% of Sawmills BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North Garden Sawmill safety composite

North Garden Sawmill scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52%), 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).

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 5.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−3.9

2016→2020

North Garden Sawmill injury rate improved

North Garden Sawmill's TCR fell 3.9 from 3.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.9 · 2017=8.1 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=11.2 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321113 · North Garden, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 152% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #13/35
PHOTO Main Street Lumber
BOOK 5y book
INJ 13 inj
SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Main Street Lumber (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows North Garden Sawmill averages 5.0 TCR (152% of the Sawmills BLS benchmark).

North Garden Sawmill TCR series: 2016=3.9 · 2017=8.1 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=11.2 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where North Garden Sawmill falls in its industry

905 Sawmills establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 35 Sawmills employers in Virginia.

North Garden Sawmill (50 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2

North Garden Sawmill has fewer employees than the Sawmills 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
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	11.2	6.7	5
2018	1.9	1.9	1
2017	8.1	8.1	5
2016	3.9	1.9	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321113 · VA · North Garden

905 Sawmills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 4 employers in North Garden, VA · 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	Main Street Lumber	DENISON, TX	5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Burt Lumber	WASHINGTON, GA	5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Spanish Trail Lumber	MARIANNA, FL	5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	New Bern Lumber	VANCEBORO, NC	5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Bloomaker USA	WAYNESBORO	50 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Live Turkey - Dayton VA Hatchery	HARRISONBUG	50 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Chase City	CHASE CITY	50 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Glade Spring Service Center	GLADE SPRING	50 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Pippin Hill Farm & Vineyards	North Garden	151 FTE
CITY-NEAR	North Garden, VA	North Garden	44 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Red Hill Elementary School	North Garden	34 FTE
NAT-TCR	Amzl : Dil1	Champaign, IL	5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	True Value Harvard RDC	Harvard, IL	5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Symons Fire Protection	Poway, CA	5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Franklin Woods Center	Baltimore, MD	5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Marinemax East, Inc.-Ven	Venice, FL	50 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NS Maple Heights	Maple Heights, OH	50 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lake Morton Plaza	Lakeland, FL	50 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Malach USA, LLP	Valley City, ND	50 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.