Sawmills · Louisiana

West Fraser Joyce

Joyce, LA · ~156 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Fraser Joyce runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sawmills workplace, earning a grade D.

West Fraser Joyce: 4.0 TCR = 122% of Sawmills BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Fraser Joyce safety composite

West Fraser Joyce scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

−5.2

2019→2023

West Fraser Joyce injury rate improved

West Fraser Joyce's TCR fell 5.2 from 8.4 in 2019 to 3.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=8.4 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321113 · Joyce, LA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 122% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #9/13
  • PHOTO Hankins Lumber Co, Inc
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~156 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hankins Lumber Co, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Fraser Joyce in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Fraser Joyce averages 4.0 TCR (122% of the Sawmills BLS benchmark).

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

West Fraser Joyce TCR series: 2019=8.4 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where West Fraser Joyce falls in its industry

905 Sawmills establishments

Safer than 60% 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 #9 safest of 13 Sawmills employers in Louisiana.

West Fraser Joyce (156 employees, TCR 4.0) 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 West Fraser Joyce
West Fraser Joyce (156 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2

West Fraser Joyce has more employees than the Sawmills 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
2023 3.2 2.1 5 1 0
2022 1.6 0.0 2 1 0
2021 2.6 1.6 3 2 0
2020 4.5 0.5 1 8 0
2019 8.4 3.1 12 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321113 · LA · Joyce

905 Sawmills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 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 Hankins Lumber Co, Inc 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rosboro-Vaughn 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Fraser - Russellville Mill 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Warrenton Lumber Mill 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Womack and Son's Construction Group 156 FTE
STATE-SIZE Faustina 156 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arcadia Tubular Facility 156 FTE
STATE-SIZE Red Ball Oxygen Co.,INC 156 FTE
NAT-TCR VF - Lodi 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #2997 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #2832 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Glanbia Blackfoot Cheese Plant 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 0262 - Atlanta Ga (Dry) Depot 156 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pretium Packaging - Hazleton 156 FTE
NAT-SIZE VT2 156 FTE
NAT-SIZE Toby Weinman Assisted Living Residence 156 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.