Sawmills · Minnesota

Rivard Companies

East Bethel, MN · ~23 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
17.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rivard Companies runs at 519% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sawmills workplace, earning a grade F.

Rivard Companies: 17.1 TCR = 519% of Sawmills BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rivard Companies safety composite

Rivard Companies scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

F

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 17.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 13.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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

−1.9

2017→2020

Rivard Companies injury rate improved

Rivard Companies's TCR fell 1.9 from 15.1 in 2017 to 13.2 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 23.1 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=15.1 · 2018=23.1 · 2020=13.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321113 · East Bethel, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 17.1 · 519% of ind

  • DART 13.2 DART
  • RANK #6/9
  • PHOTO Interstate Hardwoods…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Interstate Hardwoods, LLC (0.1 TCR gap)

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Rivard Companies in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rivard Companies averages 17.1 TCR (519% of the Sawmills BLS benchmark).

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

Rivard Companies TCR series: 2017=15.1 · 2018=23.1 · 2020=13.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Rivard Companies falls in its industry

905 Sawmills establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 9 Sawmills employers in Minnesota.

Rivard Companies (23 employees, TCR 17.1) 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 Rivard Companies
Rivard Companies (23 employees, TCR 17.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Rivard Companies 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
2020 13.2 13.2 2 0 0
2018 23.1 23.1 4 0 0
2017 15.1 10.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321113 · MN · East Bethel

905 Sawmills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 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 Interstate Hardwoods, LLC 17.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pike Lumber Company- Milan 17.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Precision Lumber 17.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Danzer Lumber 17.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Brooten 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Dairy, Alpha Foods, LLP 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE MNHT-SEL-HIGHWAY 12' 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fergus Falls CSC 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR EAST BETHEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 85 FTE
NAT-TCR Sandy River Center 17.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 4769-6226-OUTLETS 17.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Crestwood San Francisco Healing Center 17.1 TCR
NAT-TCR ACL Construction Company Inc 17.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Calhoun, GA 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE National Restaurant Supply Co., Inc. 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cordera Community Center 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Simpson World East 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: 2020, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.