All Other General Merchandise Stores · Maryland
5344
Towson, MD · ~283 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
5344 runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical All Other General Merchandise Stores workplace, earning a grade C.
5344: 3.5 TCR = 104% of All Other General Merchandise Stores BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
5344 safety composite
5344 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).
49/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.52 per 100 workers
Safer than 59% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.27 per 100 workers
Safer than 37% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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%).
Rising injury rate
5344: 1.7 → 5.7 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 6.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.36× in 2022
5344's TCR rose 4.0 from 1.7 in 2016 to 5.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 452990 · Towson, MD ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 104% of ind
- DART 1.3 DART
- RANK #23/48
- PHOTO Runnings of Plattsbu…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 41 inj
- SIZE ~283 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Runnings of Plattsburgh (0.0 TCR gap)
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5344 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
5344
3.5 TCR
- Runnings of Pl
Runnings of Plattsburgh
3.5 TCR
- Big Lots Store
Big Lots Store #409 KENTWOOD, MI
3.5 TCR
- Big Lots Store
Big Lots Store #5425 Hummelston, PA
3.5 TCR
- Big Lots Store
Big Lots Store #1224 SAN ANTONIO, TX
3.5 TCR
What this shows 5344 averages 3.5 TCR (104% of the All Other General Merchandise Stores BLS benchmark).
5344 TCR series: 2016=1.7 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=5.7 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=1.7 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=5.7 · BLS 3.4
Where 5344 falls in its industry
2,120 All Other General Merchandise establishmentsSafer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.
Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 48 All Other General Merchandise employers in Maryland.
5344 has more employees than the All Other General Merchandise Stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.7 | 1.3 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.5 | 3.6 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.7 | 1.9 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
452990 · MD · Towson
2,120 All Other General Merchandise Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 91 employers in Towson, MD · 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 | Runnings of Plattsburgh | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Big Lots Store #409 KENTWOOD, MI | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Big Lots Store #5425 Hummelston, PA | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Big Lots Store #1224 SAN ANTONIO, TX | 3.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Home Chef - Baltimore | 283 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Appleton East | 283 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2271 - Annapolis | 283 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hospice of the Chesapeake | 283 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Greater Baltimore Medical Center | 4,221 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center | 1,916 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Group | 467 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Towson (Remote Sales & MKT) FS (GTS) | 462 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | LPOA Factory & Field | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Accu-sembly, Inc. | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Melrose Park, IL | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Greeley Place | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | CommonBond: Corporate, AS, Small Sites | 283 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 6458-ZWHG | 283 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 4795-AA-RDU-RALEIGH-DURHAM-RDU-TRML | 283 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Surf & Sand Resort | 283 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.