32111M Sawmills and Wood Preservation

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the following North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) industries:

  1. 321113 Sawmills and
  2. 321114 Wood Preservation.

321113 Sawmills

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in sawing dimension lumber, boards, beams, timbers, poles, ties, shingles, shakes, siding, and wood chips from logs or bolts. Sawmills may plane the rough lumber that they make with a planing machine to achieve smoothness and uniformity of size.

321114 Wood Preservation

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following manufacturing activities:

  1. treating wood sawed, planed, or shaped in other establishments with creosote or other preservatives, such as chromated copper arsenate, to prevent decay and to protect against fire and insects and/or
  2. sawing round wood poles, pilings, and posts and treating them with preservatives.