Trusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturing · Georgia

Universal Forest Products Inc

Name: Universal Forest Products Inc Workplace Safety Data
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Jefferson, GA · ~115 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Universal Forest Products Inc runs at 184% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Trusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Universal Forest Products Inc: 6.1 TCR = 184% of Trusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Universal Forest Products Inc safety composite

Universal Forest Products Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% 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).

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 6.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers
DART rate: D 3.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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

−2.9

2016→2019

Universal Forest Products Inc injury rate improved

Universal Forest Products Inc's TCR fell 2.9 from 7.5 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.5 · 2019=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321214 · Jefferson, GA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 184% of ind

DART 3.1 DART
RANK #14/19
PHOTO Progress Truss LLC
BOOK 2y book
INJ 15 inj
SIZE ~115 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Progress Truss LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Universal Forest Products Inc averages 6.1 TCR (184% of the Trusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Universal Forest Products Inc TCR series: 2016=7.5 · 2019=4.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Universal Forest Products Inc falls in its industry

421 Trusses, wood roof or floor, m establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.0.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 19 Trusses, wood roof or floor, m employers in Georgia.

Universal Forest Products Inc (115 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 7.0

Universal Forest Products Inc has more employees than the Trusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturi median and a lower 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	Fatalities
2019	4.6	3.1	6	0	0
2016	7.5	4.2	9	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321214 · GA · Jefferson

421 Trusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 62 employers in Jefferson, GA · 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	Progress Truss LLC	AUBURNDALE, FL	6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Columbus Roof Trusses	OTTERBEIN, IN	6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CARTER CCP 544	MILLVILLE, NJ	6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	KIGHT COMPONENT PLANT 536	BOWLING GREEN, KY	6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Hinesville Project	HINESVILLE	115 FTE
STATE-SIZE	J.M. Wilkerson Construction Co., Inc.	MARIETTA	115 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Miniat Foods LLC dba Ed Miniat LLC	CARROLLTON	115 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Gildan Yarns, LLC (Plant # 77)	COLUMBUS	115 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - MGE5	Jefferson	2,098 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HomeGoods Jefferson Distribution Center	Jefferson	1,274 FTE
CITY-NEAR	H.G. Georgia Merchants, LLC	Jefferson	1,254 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon Transportation Services : MGE5	Jefferson	1,248 FTE
NAT-TCR	Moore Transport - Curtis Bay	Baltimore, MD	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	West Yellowstone - Resort	West Yellowstone, MT	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	10312 West Hampden Avenue	Lakewood, CO	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	6400-Swy 0019 1073	Beaverton, OR	6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	High Sierra Industries	Reno, NV	115 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Centralized Showing Service-SAN TX	San Antonio, TX	115 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Brookdale Guadalupe River Plaza	Kerrville, TX	115 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CRI	Monmouth, IL	115 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: 2019, 2016. 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.