Beams, wood, made from logs or bolts · Louisiana

WD Chips, LLC

Leesville, LA · ~21 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

WD Chips, LLC runs at 126% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Beams, wood, made from logs or bolts workplace, earning a grade D.

WD Chips, LLC: 4.2 TCR = 126% of Beams, wood, made from logs or bolts BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

WD Chips, LLC safety composite

WD Chips, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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).

D

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.5

2017→2024

WD Chips, LLC injury rate improved

WD Chips, LLC's TCR fell 1.5 from 5.5 in 2017 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.5 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=7.5 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321113 · Leesville, LA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 126% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #10/13
  • PHOTO American Timber and …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: American Timber and Steel, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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WD Chips, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows WD Chips, LLC averages 4.2 TCR (126% of the Beams, wood, made from logs or bolts BLS benchmark).

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

WD Chips, LLC TCR series: 2017=5.5 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=0 · 2022=7.5 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=4 · BLS 3.3

Where WD Chips, LLC falls in its industry

905 Beams, wood, made from logs or establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 13 Beams, wood, made from logs or employers in Louisiana.

WD Chips, LLC (21 employees, TCR 4.2) 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 WD Chips, LLC
WD Chips, LLC (21 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2

WD Chips, LLC has fewer employees than the Beams, wood, made from logs or bolts 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 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2023 4.1 4.1 1 0 0
2022 7.5 7.5 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.8 0.0 1 0 0
2019 2.9 0.0 1 0 0
2018 5.4 0.0 2 0 0
2017 5.5 2.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321113 · LA · Leesville

905 Beams, wood, made from logs or bolts employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 20 employers in Leesville, LA · 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 American Timber and Steel, Inc 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oakman Hardwood, Inc. 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lincoln Lumber Jasper, LLC 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Telfair Forest Products 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Magnolia 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE BRYAN FRANCIS ENERGY SERVICES, LLC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE B&J Dock, LLC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE VAM USA Lafayette Field Services 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR 405 366 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 405 337 FTE
CITY-NEAR Champion Home Builders, Inc. 253 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2807-2234 134 FTE
NAT-TCR Dualtech, Inc. 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Mocksville 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Delta Sky Club Rdu 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR SpringHill Suites by Marriott Portland Vancouver 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Westside 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Compaction Equipment, INC. 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stoughton Area School District 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Challenger Harvest, Inc. 21 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. 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.