Trusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturing · Louisiana

Southern Components, Inc

Name: Southern Components, Inc Workplace Safety Data
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Shreveport, LA · ~119 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Southern Components, Inc runs at 235% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Trusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Southern Components, Inc: 7.7 TCR = 235% of Trusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Components, Inc safety composite

Southern Components, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 7.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers
DART rate: F 7.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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%).

TCR Δ

−203.1

2018→2023

Southern Components, Inc injury rate improved

Southern Components, Inc's TCR fell 203.1 from 213.3 in 2018 to 10.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 213.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=213.3 · 2019=193.2 · 2021=5.3 · 2023=10.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321214 · Shreveport, LA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 235% of ind

DART 7.1 DART
RANK #4/4
PHOTO Ballard Truss LLC Sn…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 26 inj
SIZE ~119 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ballard Truss LLC Snowflake (0.0 TCR gap)

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7.8
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7.8
Fargo Truss Sy

7.8
This site

7.7
Stark Truss Co

7.7

What this shows Southern Components, Inc averages 7.7 TCR (235% of the Trusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Southern Components, Inc TCR series: 2018=213.3 · 2019=193.2 · 2021=5.3 · 2023=10.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Southern Components, Inc falls in its industry

421 Trusses, wood roof or floor, m establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.0.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Trusses, wood roof or floor, m employers in Louisiana.

Southern Components, Inc (119 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 7.0

Southern Components, Inc has more employees than the Trusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.0. 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
2023	10.2	7.1	9	1
2021	5.3	3.2	5	0
2019	193.2	193.2	6	0
2018	213.3	106.7	6	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321214 · LA · Shreveport

421 Trusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 403 employers in Shreveport, LA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Ballard Truss LLC Snowflake	SNOWFLAKE, AZ	7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Northeast MD Truss	NORTH EAST, MD	7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Stark Truss Co., Inc. North Kingstown, RI	NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI	7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fargo Truss Systems	WEST FARGO, ND	7.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	D.R. Horton, Inc. - Gulf Coast (Louisiana East)	DENHAM SPRINGS	119 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Baton Rouge/Lafayette/Lake Charles, LA HVAC	BATON ROUGE	119 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Calcasieu Refining Company	LAKE CHARLES	119 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2203 LOWE S OF CROWLEY LA	CROWLEY	119 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Willis-Knighton Medical Center	Shreveport	3,163 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UNIVERSITY HEALTH SHEREVPORT, LLC d/b/a OCHSNER LSU HEALTH SHREVEPORT	Shreveport	2,771 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University Health Shreveport	Shreveport	2,424 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Willis-Knighton Pierremont Health Center	Shreveport	1,567 FTE
NAT-TCR	New Flyer of America Inc	Crookston, MN	7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Fort Edward Hauling	Fort Edward, NY	7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Fabbro Marine Group, Inc	Milton, FL	7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Les Schwab Tire Center-Medford Commerce Drive	Medford, OR	7.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	W Dallas-Victory	Dallas, TX	119 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Payne & Dolan, Inc - MI/Shop/Trans./QC/Mfg.	Gladstone, MI	119 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Precision Molding Inc	Sparta, TN	119 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Nucor Tubular Product Inc. Decatur	Decatur, AL	119 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: 2023, 2021, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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