Lumber, hardwood dimension, resawing purchased lumber · Michigan
Northwest Hardwoods Inc
Byron Center, MI · ~37 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Northwest Hardwoods Inc runs at 120% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Lumber, hardwood dimension, resawing purchased lumber workplace, earning a grade C.
Northwest Hardwoods Inc: 4.0 TCR = 120% of Lumber, hardwood dimension, resawing purchased lumber BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Northwest Hardwoods Inc safety composite
Northwest Hardwoods Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% 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).
69/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 66% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Northwest Hardwoods Inc: 4.0 → 8.3 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 8.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Northwest Hardwoods Inc's TCR rose 4.3 from 4.0 in 2018 to 8.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 321912 · Byron Center, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 4.0 · 120% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #5/8
- PHOTO Edwards Wood Product…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~37 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Edwards Wood Products, Inc. (0.0 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
- This site
Northwest Hardwoods Inc
4 TCR
- Edwards Wood P
Edwards Wood Products, Inc.
4 TCR
- North Hudson W
North Hudson Woodcraft Corp
4 TCR
- Lovvorn Wholes
Lovvorn Wholesale Lumber Corp
4 TCR
- Idaho Timber o
Idaho Timber of Idaho
3.9 TCR
What this shows Northwest Hardwoods Inc averages 4.0 TCR (120% of the Lumber, hardwood dimension, resawing purchased lumber BLS benchmark).
Northwest Hardwoods Inc TCR series: 2018=4 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=6 · 2023=4.6 · 2024=8.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Northwest Hardwoods Inc falls in its industry
178 Lumber, hardwood dimension, re establishmentsSafer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 8 Lumber, hardwood dimension, re employers in Michigan.
Northwest Hardwoods Inc has fewer employees than the Lumber, hardwood dimension, resawing pur 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 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
321912 · MI · Byron Center
178 Lumber, hardwood dimension, resawing purchased lumber employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 78 employers in Byron Center, 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 | Edwards Wood Products, Inc. | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Idaho Timber of Idaho | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | North Hudson Woodcraft Corp | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lovvorn Wholesale Lumber Corp | 4.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Full Circle Dairy | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Dakota Plains Dairy | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | East River Genetic Services LLC | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Iron Mountain Hydro | 37 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Buist Electric | 390 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lumbermen's Inc. Byron Center | 344 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Masterpiece Flower Company LLC | 303 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Van Eerden Trucking | 254 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Camblin Mechanical, Inc. | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fillenwarth Beach, LLC | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Giant Resource Recovery-Sumter | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dagostino Building Blocks | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Hilo-ITO | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Conterra Shreveport OSP | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hygrade Metal Moulding Manufacturing Corp - Pennsylvania | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | US Bronze Foundry & Machine | 37 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.