Cants, resawed (lumber), manufacturing · Michigan

Northwest Hardwoods, Inc

Lewiston, MI · ~28 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northwest Hardwoods, Inc runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Cants, resawed (lumber), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Northwest Hardwoods, Inc: 1.9 TCR = 58% of Cants, resawed (lumber), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northwest Hardwoods, Inc safety composite

Northwest Hardwoods, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Northwest Hardwoods, Inc held a steady TCR band

Northwest Hardwoods, Inc's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=0.0 · 2020=8.4 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321912 · Lewiston, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 58% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/8
  • PHOTO Great Lakes Forest P…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Great Lakes Forest Products (0.1 TCR gap)

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Northwest Hardwoods, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northwest Hardwoods, Inc averages 1.9 TCR (58% of the Cants, resawed (lumber), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Northwest Hardwoods, Inc TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=8.4 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Northwest Hardwoods, Inc falls in its industry

178 Cants, resawed (lumber), manuf establishments

Safer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 8 Cants, resawed (lumber), manuf employers in Michigan.

Northwest Hardwoods, Inc (28 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Northwest Hardwoods, Inc
Northwest Hardwoods, Inc (28 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Northwest Hardwoods, Inc has fewer employees than the Cants, resawed (lumber), manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.2 0.0 1 0 0
2020 8.4 0.0 1 1 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321912 · MI · Lewiston

178 Cants, resawed (lumber), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 4 employers in Lewiston, 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 Great Lakes Forest Products 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hiland Wood Products Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR MICHAELS - ARTISTREE - #6651 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Calion Lumber Company, Inc. 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hamlin Farms 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Crossroads Dairy 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand Traverse Assembly DBA Grand Traverse Pallet 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Zeeland Generation 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR H.B. Carbide 135 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. - Lewiston 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1515 Family Fare - Lewiston, MI FF, LLC #38-2750461 27 FTE
NAT-TCR Green Valley Corporation DBA Swenson Builders 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR FL, Orlando - 7022 TPC Dr. (CS-PSPC) 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Central Lee CSD 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Limbach Facility Services LLC 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Inter-Tech Supplies 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE DS FASTC Fort Pickett 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arise Scaffolding & Consulting, Inc 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE San Juan Island EMS 28 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.