Kiln drying lumber · Wisconsin

Reedsburg Hardwoods

Reedsburg, WI · ~75 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Reedsburg Hardwoods runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Kiln drying lumber workplace, earning a grade D.

Reedsburg Hardwoods: 5.1 TCR = 155% of Kiln drying lumber BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Reedsburg Hardwoods safety composite

Reedsburg Hardwoods scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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).

D

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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%).

TCR Δ

−7.4

2016→2024

Reedsburg Hardwoods injury rate improved

Reedsburg Hardwoods's TCR fell 7.4 from 9.8 in 2016 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.8 · 2017=4.0 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=7.1 · 2023=6.0 · 2024=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321999 · Reedsburg, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 155% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #13/30
  • PHOTO Harv 81 USA, Inc.
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 35 inj
  • SIZE ~75 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Harv 81 USA, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Reedsburg Hardwoods in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Reedsburg Hardwoods averages 5.1 TCR (155% of the Kiln drying lumber BLS benchmark).

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

Reedsburg Hardwoods TCR series: 2016=9.8 · 2017=4 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=0 · 2022=7.1 · 2023=6 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Reedsburg Hardwoods falls in its industry

405 Kiln drying lumber establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 30 Kiln drying lumber employers in Wisconsin.

Reedsburg Hardwoods (75 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Reedsburg Hardwoods
Reedsburg Hardwoods (75 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Reedsburg Hardwoods has more employees than the Kiln drying lumber median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 2.4 1.2 2 0 0
2023 6.0 4.8 5 0 0
2022 7.1 5.9 6 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 6.5 0.0 4 1 0
2019 3.9 1.3 3 0 0
2018 6.5 5.2 5 0 0
2017 4.0 1.3 3 0 0
2016 9.8 4.2 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321999 · WI · Reedsburg

405 Kiln drying lumber employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 30 employers in Reedsburg, WI · 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 Harv 81 USA, Inc. 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Panolam Industries - Albany 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR RLB Ventures, Inc. (D/B/A Bench Dogs) 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lignetics 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Alma Plants 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Burlington Office 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Wanasek Corporation 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wenger Construction, Inc. 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR Reedsburg 614 FTE
CITY-NEAR Reedsburg Area Medical Center Inc 607 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grede 606 FTE
CITY-NEAR Seats Incorporated 530 FTE
NAT-TCR Best Western Atlantic Beach 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Interic Specialties, Inc. - Carrollton, TX 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Hyde County Egg Farm 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR DY 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Transystems LLC - East Grand Forks Project 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Island Transportation Corp - West Babylon 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fairbanks Alaska CS 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilco Transport Clinton 75 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.