Forestry · Texas

Ward Timber

Linden, TX · ~121 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ward Timber runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Forestry workplace, earning a grade C.

Ward Timber: 2.9 TCR = 87% of Forestry BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ward Timber safety composite

Ward Timber scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Ward Timber: 2.5 → 4.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.5× in 2024

Ward Timber's TCR rose 1.8 from 2.5 in 2016 to 4.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321113 · Linden, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 87% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #14/38
  • PHOTO Potomac Supply LLC
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~121 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Potomac Supply LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ward Timber in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ward Timber averages 2.9 TCR (87% of the Forestry BLS benchmark).

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

Ward Timber TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=2 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Ward Timber falls in its industry

905 Forestry establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 38 Forestry employers in Texas.

Ward Timber (121 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ward Timber
Ward Timber (121 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Ward Timber has more employees than the Forestry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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 4.3 1.4 4 2 0
2023 2.6 2.6 4 0 0
2022 2.6 0.7 1 3 0
2021 2.0 2.0 3 0 0
2020 2.7 0.7 3 1 0
2019 3.1 1.3 4 1 0
2018 3.2 1.3 5 0 0
2017 2.7 1.4 4 0 0
2016 2.5 0.6 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321113 · TX · Linden

905 Forestry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 3 employers in Linden, 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 Potomac Supply LLC 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR CSP Conway 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Superior Hardwoods of Ohio, Inc. : McArthur Division 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hankins, Inc. 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pittsburg Complex 1 and 2 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allen Keller Co 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stratum Reservoir, LLC -5200 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brookglen 6422 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR Focused Care at Linden 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2662-3081 22 FTE
NAT-TCR Molex West Bond 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ndx Muth Mumma 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Alliance Automation 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Martinez Steel 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Nassal Fabrication Services 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE TAG Shelby Operating, LLC 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bristol Farms - 014 - BF Mulholland 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE DoubleTree by Hilton Denver 121 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, 2022, 2021, 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.