Veneer mills, hardwood · North Carolina
Veneer Tech
Newport, NC · ~126 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Veneer Tech runs at 247% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Veneer mills, hardwood workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.1
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 31
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Veneer Tech's OSHA Total Case Rate of 8.1 to the Veneer mills, hardwood BLS benchmark of 3.3 (247% of benchmark) across 3 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Veneer Tech's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Veneer Tech falls in its industry
123 Veneer mills, hardwood establishmentsSafer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Veneer mills, hardwood employers in North Carolina.
Trend analysis for Veneer Tech
Between 2018 and 2020, Veneer Tech's Total Case Rate held roughly steady from 7.9 to 7.8 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 1% decrease across 2 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2020, at a TCR of 7.8, while 2019 saw the highest rate, at 8.7, a spread of 0.9 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 3 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 3 reporting years, Veneer Tech recorded 31 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 3-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 31 injuries, 2 illnesses shown on this page for Veneer Tech are sourced from its own 3 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 321211 - Veneer mills, hardwood.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2020)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
9 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 255,500 hours worked = 7.05 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Veneer Tech (this establishment) | 8.14 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Hardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 321211 |
| North Carolina state avg (all industries) | 3.89 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Veneer Tech to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2020: 10 reportable incidents · 10 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 13 reportable incidents · 11 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 10 reportable incidents · 10 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Veneer Tech's reported OSHA injury record versus its Veneer mills, hardwood peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 247% of the Veneer mills, hardwood benchmark, Veneer Tech reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Veneer mills, hardwood sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.