Sawmills · North Carolina
Parton Lumber Company
Rutherfordton, NC · ~142 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Parton Lumber Company runs at 247% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sawmills workplace, earning a grade F.
Parton Lumber Company: 8.2 TCR = 247% of Sawmills BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Parton Lumber Company safety composite
Parton Lumber Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 3%), 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).
23/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.17 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 3% 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
−0.8
2016→2024
Parton Lumber Company injury rate improved
Parton Lumber Company's TCR fell 0.8 from 6.8 in 2016 to 6.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 13.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=6.8 · 2017=7.9 · 2018=9.9 · 2019=6.0 · 2020=11.3 · 2021=13.5 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=6.1 · 2024=6.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 321113 · Rutherfordton, NC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 247% of ind
- DART 4.2 DART
- RANK #26/34
- PHOTO Lynn Herbert Sawmill…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 112 inj
- SIZE ~142 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lynn Herbert Sawmills, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Parton Lumber Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Matson Timberl
Matson Timberland Lumber Co.
8.3 TCR
- This site
Parton Lumber Company
8.2 TCR
- Lynn Herbert S
Lynn Herbert Sawmills, LLC
8.1 TCR
- Plummer
Plummer
8.1 TCR
- Housler Sawmil
Housler Sawmill, Inc.
8.1 TCR
What this shows Parton Lumber Company averages 8.2 TCR (247% of the Sawmills BLS benchmark).
Parton Lumber Company TCR series: 2016=6.8 · 2017=7.9 · 2018=9.9 · 2019=6 · 2020=11.3 · 2021=13.5 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=6.1 · 2024=6 · BLS 3.3
Where Parton Lumber Company falls in its industry
905 Sawmills establishmentsSafer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 34 Sawmills employers in North Carolina.
Parton Lumber Company has more employees than the Sawmills median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.1 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 6.1 | 3.7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 13.5 | 8.0 | 20 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11.3 | 6.3 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9.9 | 2.0 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.9 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6.8 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
321113 · NC · Rutherfordton
905 Sawmills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 20 employers in Rutherfordton, NC · 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 | Lynn Herbert Sawmills, LLC | 8.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Plummer | 8.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Housler Sawmill, Inc. | 8.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Matson Timberland Lumber Co. | 8.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Shelco, LLC | 142 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Delta Contracting Inc. | 142 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Burford Construction North Carolina Statewide Operations | 142 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PaperWorks Packaging Group | 142 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rutherford Regional Medical Center | 438 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rutherfordton | 232 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Aallied Die Casting | 167 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | RU-RU-RUTHERFORDTON | 124 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Carilion Clinic Co. 01 | 8.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Combined Transport | 8.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pember Companies, Inc. | 8.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | University of Chicago | 8.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Montgomery RSC | 142 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Giant Eagle #0220 | 142 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | S.B. Cox, Inc. | 142 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Eversource - Newtown | 142 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.