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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - LP Building Solutions, a manufacturer of high-performance building products, has been named the 2025 Safest Company in its category by APA - The Engineered Wood Association, marking LP's fourth consecutive win and 16th overall in the award's 18-year history.
LP recorded a total incident rate, or TIR, of 0.68 and a weighted incident rate, or WIR, of 3.04 for its manufacturing facilities in 2025. Its WIR was three times lower than that of the next closest company in the category, matching the margin by which LP led the category in 2024, according to an LP news release.
"Safety is one of the clearest measures of how well a manufacturing company operates," LP CEO Jason Ringblom said in the release. "To earn this recognition four years in a row reflects the consistency and discipline of our teams across the company. We're proud of that record, but our focus remains on finding ways to make our facilities and our work safer every day."
LP also earned several facility-level honors in APA's 2025 Safety Awards. For Division II, LP Swan Valley in Manitoba, Canada, took first place and LP Sagola, which is in Dickinson County, took second. Swan Valley also received the Safety Improvement Award for 2023-2025. LP Jasper, Texas, earned a Three-Year Safety Award. Named to APA's Incident-Free Honor Society were LP's Swan Valley; Sagola; Jasper; Peace Valley, British Columbia; Newberry; and Houlton in Maine.
"This recognition reflects a commitment to safety shared across LP," LP Chief Operating Officer Tony Hamill said.
LP has maintained a TIR below 1.0 for nearly two decades, well below the industry average. Since 2010, the company has earned more than 100 safety awards, recorded 18 one-million-hour milestones without a recordable incident at individual facilities and achieved prestigious U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration Voluntary Protection Program Star Certification or the state equivalent at three sites.
APA's Safety Awards recognize companies and individual mills based on TIR and WIR, which account for the frequency and severity of workplace incidents.
For the full list of APA's Safety and Health Award recipients, go to APAwood.com.
Since its founding in 1972, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation has manufactured engineered wood products that include siding, LP Structural Solutions and LP Oriented Strand Board. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, LP operates more than 20 manufacturing facilities across North and South America. For more information, go to LPCorp.com.