Lumber, kiln drying · Texas

Southern Hardwood Mats, LLC

Zavalla, TX · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
18.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Hardwood Mats, LLC runs at 548% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Lumber, kiln drying workplace, earning a grade F.

Southern Hardwood Mats, LLC: 18.1 TCR = 548% of Lumber, kiln drying BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Hardwood Mats, LLC safety composite

Southern Hardwood Mats, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 18.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 16.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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

−2.2

2023→2024

Southern Hardwood Mats, LLC injury rate improved

Southern Hardwood Mats, LLC's TCR fell 2.2 from 19.2 in 2023 to 17.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 19.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=19.2 · 2024=17.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321999 · Zavalla, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 18.1 · 548% of ind

  • DART 17.0 DART
  • RANK #20/20
  • PHOTO Hartzell Hardwoods I…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hartzell Hardwoods Inc. - Kirksville (0.4 TCR gap)

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Southern Hardwood Mats, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Hardwood Mats, LLC averages 18.1 TCR (548% of the Lumber, kiln drying BLS benchmark).

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

Southern Hardwood Mats, LLC TCR series: 2023=19.2 · 2024=17 · BLS 3.3

Where Southern Hardwood Mats, LLC falls in its industry

405 Lumber, kiln drying establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 20 Lumber, kiln drying employers in Texas.

Southern Hardwood Mats, LLC (22 employees, TCR 18.1) 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Southern Hardwood Mats, LLC
Southern Hardwood Mats, LLC (22 employees, TCR 18.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Southern Hardwood Mats, LLC has fewer employees than the Lumber, kiln drying 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 17.0 17.0 4 0 0
2023 19.2 12.8 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321999 · TX · Zavalla

405 Lumber, kiln drying employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 3 employers in Zavalla, TX · 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 Hartzell Hardwoods Inc. - Kirksville 18.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dexter 16.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4083 - Dakota Panel Pick & Assembly 15.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Peebles Pellet Mill 20.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Matador Ranch 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wheeler Land & Livestock, LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Diamond B Feedyard, LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Luckey Custom Feedlot, Inc. 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Store #81 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Southern Hardwood 24 FTE
NAT-TCR California Water Service Group 18.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Fairmount - Special Programs 18.1 TCR
NAT-TCR CAN024 18.1 TCR
NAT-TCR ANC Trucking LLC 18.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Technical Controls, Inc. 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Etheridge Roofing, Inc 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Custom Coatings, Inc. 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center Corporation 22 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. 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.