You’ve heard some safety pros say a goal of zero OSHA recordables is unattainable- so why try to reach it? But in 1995, a Georgia-Pacific plywood plant in Gloster, Miss., reached it. And for the first half of 1996, its OSHA recordables rate is a scant .5.
By comparison, the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national average for plywood manufacturing is 9.7 per 100 workers.