Sawmills · Virginia
Pembelton Forest Products, Inc.
Blackstone, VA · ~41 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Pembelton Forest Products, Inc. runs at 166% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sawmills workplace, earning a grade D.
Pembelton Forest Products, Inc.: 5.5 TCR = 166% of Sawmills BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Pembelton Forest Products, Inc. safety composite
Pembelton Forest Products, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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).
51/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.48 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.68 per 100 workers
Safer than 56% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
Pembelton Forest Products, Inc.: 1.8 → 5.0 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 10.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.31× in 2024
Pembelton Forest Products, Inc.'s TCR rose 3.3 from 1.8 in 2020 to 5.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 321113 · Blackstone, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 166% of ind
- DART 1.7 DART
- RANK #18/35
- PHOTO Emmett Sawmill
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~41 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Emmett Sawmill (0.0 TCR gap)
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Pembelton Forest Products, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Pembelton Forest Products, Inc.
5.5 TCR
- Emmett Sawmill
Emmett Sawmill
5.5 TCR
- Linden Lumber,
Linden Lumber, LLC
5.5 TCR
- Woody's Lumber
Woody's Lumber, Inc.
5.5 TCR
- Headquarters
Headquarters
5.5 TCR
What this shows Pembelton Forest Products, Inc. averages 5.5 TCR (166% of the Sawmills BLS benchmark).
Pembelton Forest Products, Inc. TCR series: 2020=1.8 · 2021=10.7 · 2022=6.8 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=5 · BLS 3.3
Where Pembelton Forest Products, Inc. falls in its industry
905 Sawmills establishmentsSafer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 35 Sawmills employers in Virginia.
Pembelton Forest Products, Inc. has fewer 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 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.8 | 3.4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 10.7 | 7.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
321113 · VA · Blackstone
905 Sawmills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 20 employers in Blackstone, VA · 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 | Emmett Sawmill | 5.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Linden Lumber, LLC | 5.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Woody's Lumber, Inc. | 5.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Headquarters | 5.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Fort Bragg | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Public Works- Facilities | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hampton Roads Contracting, Inc. | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | International Paper - Franklin | 41 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Virginia Army National Guard | 554 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Department of Military Affairs | 406 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HCI Management Services Company 1 | 207 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Heritage Hall Blackstone | 184 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Tri-Pac, Inc | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Filtertech | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Concepts in Millwork, Inc. | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | City of Terre Haute | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Missouri Neon | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NORFAB | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lorian Health Las Vegas | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Truckee Sanitary District | 41 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.