Roof trusses, wood, manufacturing · Colorado

Universal Forest Products Lafayette

Name: Universal Forest Products Lafayette Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Lafayette, CO · ~166 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Universal Forest Products Lafayette runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Roof trusses, wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Universal Forest Products Lafayette: 1.8 TCR = 54% of Roof trusses, wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Universal Forest Products Lafayette safety composite

Universal Forest Products Lafayette scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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).

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 1.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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

−1.6

2016→2020

Universal Forest Products Lafayette injury rate improved

Universal Forest Products Lafayette's TCR fell 1.6 from 2.1 in 2016 to 0.5 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.1 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321214 · Lafayette, CO AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 54% of ind

DART 0.5 DART
RANK #4/12
PHOTO 316-Folkston
BOOK 5y book
INJ 17 inj
SIZE ~166 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 316-Folkston (0.0 TCR gap)

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Plant 282 Burl

1.9
This site

1.8
316-Folkston

1.8
UFP Mid-Atlant

1.8
MG TRUSS

1.7

What this shows Universal Forest Products Lafayette averages 1.8 TCR (54% of the Roof trusses, wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Universal Forest Products Lafayette TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=0.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Universal Forest Products Lafayette falls in its industry

421 Roof trusses, wood, manufactur establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.0.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 12 Roof trusses, wood, manufactur employers in Colorado.

Universal Forest Products Lafayette (166 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 7.0

Universal Forest Products Lafayette has more employees than the Roof trusses, wood, manufacturing 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
2020	0.5	0.5	1
2019	1.1	0.6	2
2018	2.7	2.7	5
2017	2.6	2.0	5
2016	2.1	1.6	4

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321214 · CO · Lafayette

421 Roof trusses, wood, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 60 employers in Lafayette, CO · 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	316-Folkston	FOLKSTON, GA	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	UFP Mid-Atlantic, LLC	CONWAY, SC	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Plant 282 Burlington, NC	BURLINGTON, NC	1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MG TRUSS	SAN ANTONIO, TX	1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Kelley Trucking Inc.	GOLDEN	166 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ADK Electric Corp.	ENGLEWOOD	166 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Midway Plant	LITTLETON	166 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Primary	LOUISVILLE	166 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Good Samaritan Hospital	Lafayette	1,484 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Good Samaritan Medical Center	Lafayette	1,319 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Imagine!	Lafayette	773 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Developmental Disabilities Center dba Imagine!	Lafayette	700 FTE
NAT-TCR	Swg North Ops Office 0021-Fac48	Las Vegas, NV	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Process Displays LLC - Solid	Minneapolis, MN	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Carboline Company-Lake Charles	Lake Charles, LA	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Commercial Warehousing T6	Winter Haven, FL	1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Winnebago Industries - Charles City	Charles City, IA	166 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Elderwood of Scallop Shell at Wakefield	Wakefield, RI	166 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mercy Health West Park	Cinncinnati, OH	166 FTE
NAT-SIZE	2253-H4871	Chicago, IL	166 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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