OSB (oriented strandboard) manufacturing · Minnesota

West Fraser Bemidji

Solway, MN · ~139 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Fraser Bemidji runs at 33% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical OSB (oriented strandboard) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

West Fraser Bemidji: 1.1 TCR = 33% of OSB (oriented strandboard) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Fraser Bemidji safety composite

West Fraser Bemidji scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

West Fraser Bemidji: 0.0 → 1.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 1.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.58× in 2024

West Fraser Bemidji's TCR rose 1.9 from 0.0 in 2022 to 1.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321219 · Solway, MN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 33% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK P78
  • PHOTO Elkin Panels
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~139 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Elkin Panels (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Fraser Bemidji in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Fraser Bemidji averages 1.1 TCR (33% of the OSB (oriented strandboard) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

West Fraser Bemidji TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where West Fraser Bemidji falls in its industry

125 OSB (oriented strandboard) man establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
West Fraser Bemidji (139 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 0100200300400500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate West Fraser Bemidji
West Fraser Bemidji (139 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 2.2

West Fraser Bemidji has more employees than the OSB (oriented strandboard) manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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 1.9 0.6 3 0 0
2023 1.4 0.7 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321219 · MN · Solway

125 OSB (oriented strandboard) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 4 employers in Solway, MN · 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 Elkin Panels 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Louisiana-Pacific Sagola 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Louisiana-Pacific Clarke County 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Louisiana-Pacific Roxboro 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Knife River Materials - Construction 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE New French Bakery- Kasota 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bemis Healthcare Packaging - Mankato 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE 095 Centre Pointe 139 FTE
CITY-NEAR Norbord Minnesota 134 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northern Horizons Solway, Inc 117 FTE
CITY-NEAR SOLWAY ELEMENTARY 24 FTE
NAT-TCR Ultium Cells, LLC Spring Hill 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Hardinsburg 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Evonik Corporation - Charleston, SC 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Coulisse Distribution LLC 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE KHS&S Contractors - Anaheim 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE Althoff Industries, Inc. 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE Merchants Force, Inc. 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dave Sinclair Ford 139 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. 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.