Sawmills · North Carolina

Polk Sawmill, LLC

Tryon, NC · ~23 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Polk Sawmill, LLC runs at 459% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sawmills workplace, earning a grade F.

Polk Sawmill, LLC: 15.2 TCR = 459% of Sawmills BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Polk Sawmill, LLC safety composite

Polk Sawmill, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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).

F

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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%).

TCR Δ

−14.4

2016→2024

Polk Sawmill, LLC injury rate improved

Polk Sawmill, LLC's TCR fell 14.4 from 18.6 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 29.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=18.6 · 2017=29.0 · 2019=18.5 · 2020=16.4 · 2021=25.1 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321113 · Tryon, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.2 · 459% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #30/34
  • PHOTO Sanders Wood Product…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sanders Wood Products-Band Mill (0.0 TCR gap)

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Polk Sawmill, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Polk Sawmill, LLC averages 15.2 TCR (459% of the Sawmills BLS benchmark).

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

Polk Sawmill, LLC TCR series: 2016=18.6 · 2017=29 · 2019=18.5 · 2020=16.4 · 2021=25.1 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Polk Sawmill, LLC falls in its industry

905 Sawmills establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 34 Sawmills employers in North Carolina.

Polk Sawmill, LLC (23 employees, TCR 15.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Polk Sawmill, LLC
Polk Sawmill, LLC (23 employees, TCR 15.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Polk Sawmill, LLC 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 4.2 4.2 1 0 0
2023 5.9 5.9 2 0 0
2022 3.7 0.0 1 0 0
2021 25.1 16.7 5 1 0
2020 16.4 8.2 4 0 0
2019 18.5 18.5 4 0 0
2017 29.0 14.5 6 0 0
2016 18.6 9.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321113 · NC · Tryon

905 Sawmills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 4 employers in Tryon, 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 Sanders Wood Products-Band Mill 15.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR bpm Whitesburg, KY 15.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thompson Appalachian Hardwoods, Inc. 15.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Phenix lumber company 15.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Farm 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE SOUTHERN PINES 1 SOW -EST 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cotton Gin 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Monroe Growout 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR TR-TR-TRYON 144 FTE
CITY-NEAR White Oak Manor Tryon 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sunny Creek Farm Inc. 31 FTE
NAT-TCR 1770 Lkq 15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hakes Sash & Door, Inc. 15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Gold Medal - South 15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR CAL010 15.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE At Home Stores #82 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lion Bridge Brewing Company 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dominion Chemical Company 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maine Course Hospitality Group - Brunswick Fairfield Inn 23 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.