Books merchant wholesalers · Pennsylvania

Books & Library Services

Williamsport, PA · ~329 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Books & Library Services runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Books merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

Books & Library Services: 0.8 TCR = 36% of Books merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Books & Library Services safety composite

Books & Library Services scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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)
A 0.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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%).

Books & Library Services held a steady TCR band

Books & Library Services's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.9 in 2020 to 0.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 0.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=0.9 · 2022=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424920 · Williamsport, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 36% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #1/5
  • PHOTO ReaderLink Distribut…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~329 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ReaderLink Distribution Services LLC - Headquarters (0.3 TCR gap)

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Books & Library Services in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Books & Library Services averages 0.8 TCR (36% of the Books merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Books & Library Services TCR series: 2020=0.9 · 2022=0.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Books & Library Services falls in its industry

57 Books merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 5 Books merchant wholesalers employers in Pennsylvania.

Books & Library Services (329 employees, TCR 0.8) among 26 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 191 employees and a TCR of 3.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 27 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Books & Library Services
Books & Library Services (329 employees, TCR 0.8) among 26 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 191 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Books & Library Services has more employees than the Books merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 0.7 0.7 2 0 0
2020 0.9 0.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424920 · PA · Williamsport

57 Books merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 132 employers in Williamsport, PA · 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 ReaderLink Distribution Services LLC - Headquarters 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR San Diego Publishing Office 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR CINAHL 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE NEW OXFORD SALES & DESIGN POP 329 FTE
STATE-SIZE Consumer Products Division 329 FTE
STATE-SIZE US Foods Bridgeport 329 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 2540 329 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Williamsport Hospital 2,433 FTE
CITY-NEAR Susquehanna Physician Services 1,002 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lycoming Engines 480 FTE
CITY-NEAR Textron Systems - Lycoming Engines 477 FTE
NAT-TCR Badger Tag & Label Corporation 507 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR John Moriarty & Associates of Florida 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hendrick Billing Office 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lahey Medical Center - 25 Mall Rd 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Farming 329 FTE
NAT-SIZE SEI Group LLC 329 FTE
NAT-SIZE MO.FENTO.6 - Ricoh Usa, Inc 329 FTE
NAT-SIZE Salem - Main Building 329 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: 2022, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.