Trusses, glue laminated or pre-engineered wood, manufacturing · North Carolina

Universal Forest Products Locust LLC

Locust, NC · ~79 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Universal Forest Products Locust LLC runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Trusses, glue laminated or pre-engineered wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Universal Forest Products Locust LLC: 2.3 TCR = 70% of Trusses, glue laminated or pre-engineered wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Universal Forest Products Locust LLC safety composite

Universal Forest Products Locust LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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

−1.0

2016→2019

Universal Forest Products Locust LLC injury rate improved

Universal Forest Products Locust LLC's TCR fell 1.0 from 3.2 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.2 · 2017=1.9 · 2018=2.0 · 2019=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321214 · Locust, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 70% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #4/18
  • PHOTO Annandale Millwok /A…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~79 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Annandale Millwok /Allied Systems (0.0 TCR gap)

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Universal Forest Products Locust LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Universal Forest Products Locust LLC averages 2.3 TCR (70% of the Trusses, glue laminated or pre-engineered wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Universal Forest Products Locust LLC TCR series: 2016=3.2 · 2017=1.9 · 2018=2 · 2019=2.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Universal Forest Products Locust LLC falls in its industry

421 Trusses, glue laminated or pre establishments

Safer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 18 Trusses, glue laminated or pre employers in North Carolina.

Universal Forest Products Locust LLC (79 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 7.0 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 02004006008001,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Universal Forest Products Locust LLC
Universal Forest Products Locust LLC (79 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 7.0

Universal Forest Products Locust LLC has more employees than the Trusses, glue laminated or pre-engineere 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 2.2 2.2 2 0 0
2018 2.0 2.0 2 0 0
2017 1.9 1.9 2 0 0
2016 3.2 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321214 · NC · Locust

421 Trusses, glue laminated or pre-engineered wood, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 9 employers in Locust, NC · 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 Annandale Millwok /Allied Systems 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR UFP Site Built 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Noltex Holdings Houston 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR UFP New York, LLC 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience Laurinburg 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE GASTONIA OPS MOC GARAGE BLDG B 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sikes Place - Ste 100 / 200 / 250 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Inside Sales Raleigh 79 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5747 274 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5747 244 FTE
CITY-NEAR 00345 - STORE # 345 LOCUST 94 FTE
CITY-NEAR UFP-Mid Atlantic LLC 93 FTE
NAT-TCR Mountaineer Plant 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR JFK International Airport - Delta 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Fargo Assembly of PA, Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR MilliporeSigma - DEKALB 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 40225-Capstone Supervalu Lancaster Pa 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pinner Wire & Cable, Inc 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4054-Abs 0016 0662 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ocean Ridge / King Cotton - Resort 79 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.