Lumber (e.g., dressed, finished, rough) merchant wholesalers · Michigan

Northern Building Supply LLC

Auburn Hills, MI · ~121 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northern Building Supply LLC runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Lumber (e.g., dressed, finished, rough) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Northern Building Supply LLC: 1.2 TCR = 55% of Lumber (e.g., dressed, finished, rough) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northern Building Supply LLC safety composite

Northern Building Supply LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

Northern Building Supply LLC held a steady TCR band

Northern Building Supply LLC's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.9 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.9 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423310 · Auburn Hills, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.2 · 55% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/24
  • PHOTO Tanner Lumber Compan…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~121 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tanner Lumber Company Norton (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northern Building Supply LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Northern Building Supply LLC averages 1.2 TCR (55% of the Lumber (e.g., dressed, finished, rough) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Northern Building Supply LLC TCR series: 2016=0.9 · 2017=0 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=0.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Northern Building Supply LLC falls in its industry

1,225 Lumber (e.g., dressed, finishe establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 24 Lumber (e.g., dressed, finishe employers in Michigan.

Northern Building Supply LLC (121 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 4.2 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 050100150 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Northern Building Supply LLC
Northern Building Supply LLC (121 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Northern Building Supply LLC has more employees than the Lumber (e.g., dressed, finished, rough) median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2019 0.8 0.0 2 0 0
2018 3.2 0.0 8 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.9 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423310 · MI · Auburn Hills

1,225 Lumber (e.g., dressed, finished, rough) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 215 employers in Auburn Hills, MI · 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 Tanner Lumber Company Norton 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Capitol Coastal - Savannah 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR JSI Cabinetry, GA 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conroe TX Yard 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lakeshore Homestead, LLC 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Service Center 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE William E. Walter, Inc 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Concrete Cutting & Breaking Co. 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR FCA US Headquarters and Technology Center 14,088 FTE
CITY-NEAR FCA US Headquarters and Technology 12,609 FTE
CITY-NEAR Continental - Auburn Hills North 1,318 FTE
CITY-NEAR CTC Pilot Plant 1,094 FTE
NAT-TCR Trendwood Plant 2 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Songer Services Incorporated 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 1645 W. Jefferson 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Daifuku America eFA Division 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE EthosEnergy TC, Inc. 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nelson Global Products - Arcadia 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cheraw Healthcare Inc 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oregon Plant 922 121 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.