Sawmills · Alabama

West Fraser Opelika

Opelika, AL · ~123 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

West Fraser Opelika runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Sawmills workplace, earning a grade B.

West Fraser Opelika: 2.2 TCR = 66% of Sawmills BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Fraser Opelika safety composite

West Fraser Opelika scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−3.8

2016→2020

West Fraser Opelika injury rate improved

West Fraser Opelika's TCR fell 3.8 from 3.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.8 · 2018=4.9 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321113 · Opelika, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 66% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #21/56
  • PHOTO Deltic Timber Corpor…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~123 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Deltic Timber Corporation - Ola Mill (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Alabama employers → · Look up another →

West Fraser Opelika in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Fraser Opelika averages 2.2 TCR (66% of the Sawmills BLS benchmark).

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

West Fraser Opelika TCR series: 2016=3.8 · 2018=4.9 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where West Fraser Opelika falls in its industry

905 Sawmills establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 56 Sawmills employers in Alabama.

West Fraser Opelika (123 employees, TCR 2.2) 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 West Fraser Opelika
West Fraser Opelika (123 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2

West Fraser Opelika 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.9 1.4 7 0 0
2016 3.8 1.9 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321113 · AL · Opelika

905 Sawmills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 87 employers in Opelika, AL · 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 Deltic Timber Corporation - Ola Mill 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bibb Co. Properties Woodbury 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR M.C. Dixon Lumber Company, Inc. 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ashton Lewis Sullivan 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Birmingham 6th Avenue Office - APC 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tarkett USA Inc. 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE Multimetco, Inc. 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE GH Metal Solutions, Loc'n #1073 123 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6095 849 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6095 843 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mando America Corporation 493 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hanwha Advanced Materials America LLC. Opelika 470 FTE
NAT-TCR Superior Graphite Chicago Complex 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR ORMEC Systems Corp 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR DDS Central Office 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Advanced Composits Inc. 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Franklin Street Bakery 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE Express Grain Oil Mill 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE Saint Paul Police Western District 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 0329 Charlotte 123 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.