Panel work, wood millwork, manufacturing · Indiana

Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. - Elkhart

Elkhart, IN · ~24 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

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

Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. - Elkhart runs at 151% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Panel work, wood millwork, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. - Elkhart: 5.0 TCR = 151% of Panel work, wood millwork, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. - Elkhart safety composite

Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. - Elkhart scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49%), 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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%).

TCR Δ

−8.9

2016→2018

Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. - Elkhart injury rate improved

Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. - Elkhart's TCR fell 8.9 from 8.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.9 · 2017=6.0 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321918 · Elkhart, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 151% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/9
  • PHOTO Clarion Laminates LLC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Clarion Laminates LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. - Elkhart in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. - Elkhart averages 5.0 TCR (151% of the Panel work, wood millwork, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. - Elkhart TCR series: 2016=8.9 · 2017=6 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. - Elkhart falls in its industry

317 Panel work, wood millwork, man establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 9 Panel work, wood millwork, man employers in Indiana.

Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. - Elkhart (24 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.9 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 050100150200250300 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. - Elkhart
Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. - Elkhart (24 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. - Elkhart has fewer employees than the Panel work, wood millwork, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 6.0 3.0 2 0 0
2016 8.9 4.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321918 · IN · Elkhart

317 Panel work, wood millwork, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 401 employers in Elkhart, IN · 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 Clarion Laminates LLC 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Superior Exhibits & Design, Inc. 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Appalachian Wood Floors Inc 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Modern Fixture Company Inc 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Midwest Poultry Services - Corporate Office 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwest Pullet Farm / QC / Lab 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE 327-NiSource-West Terre Haute IN 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bedford Operations Center 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Forest River, Inc. 12,549 FTE
CITY-NEAR THOR MOTOR COACH 2,437 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elkhart Community Schools 1,892 FTE
CITY-NEAR HRV LLC 1,692 FTE
NAT-TCR RGH Enterprises - Jacksonville, FL 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Shopko Hometown #610 (Ishpeming, MI) 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 4818-48180056-2030-a Loop 306-Wc 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Memphis CPC 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE RAIdba Liberty Estates of Danville 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Feed Mill 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jain Irrigation-Florida 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE AED - Youngstown 24 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.