Retail - building materials · Minnesota

Northwoods Lumber Company - Blackduck

BLACKDUCK, MN · ~19 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities

The verdict

Northwoods Lumber Company - Blackduck runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate — far safer than the typical Retail - building materials workplace — earning a grade A.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
avg TCR · per 100 workers
3.4
industry benchmark (BLS)
2
recordable injuries tracked

Grade compares Northwoods Lumber Company - Blackduck's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 8 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024).

Injury rate over time

Northwoods Lumber Company - Blackduck's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.4 industry benchmark.

Total Case Rate (recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers), OSHA ITA Form 300A. Industry benchmark: BLS IIF, NAICS 444110.

-202468 20172018201920202021202220232024 03.4 Industry benchmarkNorthwoods Lumber Company - Blackduck TCR
Total Case Rate (recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers), OSHA ITA Form 300A. Industry benchmark: BLS IIF, NAICS 444110.

Northwoods Lumber Company - Blackduck has an average TCR of 1.6, which is 46% of the industry average (3.4) for Retail - building materials. This is significantly better than average.

Safety Insights for Northwoods Lumber Company - Blackduck

Northwoods Lumber Company - Blackduck operates an establishment with approximately 19 full-time equivalent workers in BLACKDUCK, MN, classified under the Retail - building materials industry (NAICS 444110). Across 8 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 2 recordable injuries, 0 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 1.6 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the A letter grade (Excellent Safety Record).

Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 3.4 for Retail - building materials, Northwoods Lumber Company - Blackduck's workforce experiences 46% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR below the benchmark signals that controls, training, or automation may be outperforming peers.

Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 8 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Northwoods Lumber Company - Blackduck as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.

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All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Northwoods Lumber Company - Blackduck's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 444110 — Retail - building materials.

DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2024)

DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.

0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 28,853 hours worked = 0.00 DART

Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping

Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State

Benchmark TCR Source
Northwoods Lumber Company - Blackduck (this establishment) 1.58 OSHA ITA Form 300A, 8-year avg
Home centers, building materials industry avg 3.40 BLS IIF, NAICS 444110
Minnesota state avg (all industries) 5.18 OSHA ITA, state-level rollup

Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program

Reportable Incident Timeline

Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Northwoods Lumber Company - Blackduck to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.

Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records

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 5.2 5.2 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 7.5 7.5 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Northwoods Lumber Company - Blackduck's safety grade?
Northwoods Lumber Company - Blackduck has a safety grade of A (Excellent Safety Record). This grade is based on their average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 1.6 compared to the BLS industry benchmark of 3.4 for Retail - building materials.
How is the safety grade calculated?
Safety grades are calculated by comparing an employer's average Total Case Rate (TCR) — the number of workplace injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers per year — against the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) industry benchmark. Grade A means significantly below average injury rates; grade F means significantly above average.
How many injuries has Northwoods Lumber Company - Blackduck reported?
Northwoods Lumber Company - Blackduck has reported 2 total injuries and 0 fatalities across 8 years of OSHA data (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017). This data comes from mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reports.
Where does PlainSafetyScore get its data?
All safety data comes from OSHA's Injury Tracking Application (ITA), which collects mandatory establishment-level injury and illness reports from employers with 250+ employees or those in high-hazard industries. Industry benchmarks are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program.

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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, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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