Hardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing · Wisconsin
Saunders Wood Specialties, Inc.
Park Falls, WI · ~32 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Saunders Wood Specialties, Inc. runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Saunders Wood Specialties, Inc.: 5.0 TCR = 153% of Hardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Saunders Wood Specialties, Inc. safety composite
Saunders Wood Specialties, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).
65/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 5.04 per 100 workers
Safer than 55% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 86% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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
Saunders Wood Specialties, Inc.: 2.8 → 12.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 12.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Saunders Wood Specialties, Inc.'s TCR rose 9.3 from 2.8 in 2016 to 12.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 321211 · Park Falls, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 153% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #4/12
- PHOTO Columbia Forest Prod…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~32 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Columbia Forest Products (0.0 TCR gap)
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Saunders Wood Specialties, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Saunders Wood Specialties, Inc.
5 TCR
- Columbia Fores
Columbia Forest Products
5 TCR
- Flexsteel Comm
Flexsteel Commercial Office
5 TCR
- Columbia Fores
Columbia Forest Products
4.9 TCR
- BriMar Wood In
BriMar Wood Innovations
4.9 TCR
What this shows Saunders Wood Specialties, Inc. averages 5.0 TCR (153% of the Hardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Saunders Wood Specialties, Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2017=9.6 · 2018=0 · 2019=5.5 · 2020=0 · 2021=7.8 · 2022=3.5 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=12.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Saunders Wood Specialties, Inc. falls in its industry
116 Hardwood veneer or plywood man establishmentsSafer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.
Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 12 Hardwood veneer or plywood man employers in Wisconsin.
Saunders Wood Specialties, Inc. has fewer employees than the Hardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.9. 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 | 12.1 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.8 | 3.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.5 | 2.7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
321211 · WI · Park Falls
116 Hardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 14 employers in Park Falls, 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 | Columbia Forest Products | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Flexsteel Commercial Office | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Columbia Forest Products | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BriMar Wood Innovations | 4.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Al's Apples Inc | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2404-De Forest, WI (Monsanto Co.) | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mackville | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Construction - Sub & Trans | 32 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Flambeau River Papers, LLC. | 291 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | flambeau hospital | 203 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Croix of Park Falls, LTD | 193 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Weather Shield Mfg Inc.--- Park Falls Plant 15 | 181 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Champion Home Builders/Redman Homes, Ephrata PA | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | At Home Stores #18 | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Baylor University Medical Center | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | DC19 | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | ecoservices, LLC | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Beach City Lumber Depot Beach City, OH | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | North Chicago Yard 283 | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brookdale Northshore | 32 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.