Beams, wood, made from logs or bolts · North Carolina
West Fraser Inc - Armour Lumber Mill
Riegelwood, NC · ~172 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
West Fraser Inc - Armour Lumber Mill runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Beams, wood, made from logs or bolts workplace, earning a grade B.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.9
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 7
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares West Fraser Inc - Armour Lumber Mill's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
West Fraser Inc - Armour Lumber Mill's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where West Fraser Inc - Armour Lumber Mill falls in its industry
941 Beams, wood, made from logs or establishmentsSafer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 35 Beams, wood, made from logs or employers in North Carolina.
West Fraser Inc - Armour Lumber Mill has an average TCR of 1.9, which is 58% of the industry average (3.3) for Beams, wood, made from logs or bolts. This is better than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for West Fraser Inc - Armour Lumber Mill
Between 2016 and 2018, West Fraser Inc - Armour Lumber Mill's Total Case Rate held roughly steady from 1.9 to 2.0 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 3% increase across 2 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2016, at a TCR of 1.9, while 2018 saw the highest rate, at 2.0, a spread of 0.1 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, West Fraser Inc - Armour Lumber Mill recorded 7 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-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
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from West Fraser Inc - Armour Lumber Mill's own 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 321113 - Beams, wood, made from logs or bolts.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2018)
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.
2 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 409,102 hours worked = 0.98 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| West Fraser Inc - Armour Lumber Mill (this establishment) | 1.93 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Sawmills industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 321113 |
| 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 West Fraser Inc - Armour Lumber Mill 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.
- 2018: 4 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 4 reportable incidents · 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on West Fraser Inc - Armour Lumber Mill's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Beams, wood, made from logs or bolts peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 58% of the Beams, wood, made from logs or bolts benchmark, West Fraser Inc - Armour Lumber Mill reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Beams, wood, made from logs or bolts 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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