Dimension lumber, softwood, made from logs or bolts · North Carolina

West Fraser - Armour Mill

Name: West Fraser - Armour Mill Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Riegelwood, NC · ~170 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

West Fraser - Armour Mill runs at 206% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Dimension lumber, softwood, made from logs or bolts workplace, earning a grade F.

West Fraser - Armour Mill: 6.8 TCR = 206% of Dimension lumber, softwood, made from logs or bolts BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Fraser - Armour Mill safety composite

West Fraser - Armour Mill scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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).

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 6.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

−5.4

2020→2021

West Fraser - Armour Mill injury rate improved

West Fraser - Armour Mill's TCR fell 5.4 from 9.5 in 2020 to 4.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=9.5 · 2021=4.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321113 · Riegelwood, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 206% of ind

DART 3.6 DART
RANK #25/34
PHOTO Shomaker Lumber Comp…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 17 inj
SIZE ~170 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Shomaker Lumber Company Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows West Fraser - Armour Mill averages 6.8 TCR (206% of the Dimension lumber, softwood, made from logs or bolts BLS benchmark).

West Fraser - Armour Mill TCR series: 2020=9.5 · 2021=4.1 · BLS 3.3

Where West Fraser - Armour Mill falls in its industry

905 Dimension lumber, softwood, ma establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 34 Dimension lumber, softwood, ma employers in North Carolina.

West Fraser - Armour Mill (170 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2

West Fraser - Armour Mill has more employees than the Dimension lumber, softwood, made from lo median and a higher 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
2021	4.1	3.6	8	0	0
2020	9.5	4.2	9	7	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321113 · NC · Riegelwood

905 Dimension lumber, softwood, made from logs or bolts employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 11 employers in Riegelwood, NC · 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	Shomaker Lumber Company Inc.	MCKENZIE, TN	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lassiter Lumber Company, LLC	SILAS, AL	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Corley Manufacturing	CHATTANOOGA, TN	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Larimer and Norton Inc- Akeley	RUSSELL, PA	6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Sullivan Eastern, Inc	MORRISVILLE	170 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Clement Pappas NC LLC	HENDERSONVILLE	170 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Jacob Holm	CANDLER	170 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Auria Albemarle	ALBEMARLE	170 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Riegelwood Mill	Riegelwood	619 FTE
CITY-NEAR	West Fraser Inc - Armour Lumber Mill	Riegelwood	172 FTE
CITY-NEAR	West Fraser, Armour	Riegelwood	155 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Munn-Xpress	Riegelwood	55 FTE
NAT-TCR	Strack and Van Til Cedar Lake	Cedar Lake, IN	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Derby Industries, LLC Anderson Location	Anderson, IN	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Frontier Airlines - Las Vegas Base	Denver, CO	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	4769-6244-Pottery Barn	San Ramon, CA	6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Manufacturing Plant	Northfield, OH	170 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Heritage Manor - Normal #109	Normal, IL	170 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dulles Health & Rehab Center	Herndon, VA	170 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pioneer Memorial Hospital & Health Services	Viborg, SD	170 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: 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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