BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER · Ohio

Carter Lumber 143

Elyria, OH · ~44 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carter Lumber 143 runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER workplace, earning a grade C.

Carter Lumber 143: 3.0 TCR = 89% of BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carter Lumber 143 safety composite

Carter Lumber 143 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.5

2018→2024

Carter Lumber 143 injury rate improved

Carter Lumber 143's TCR fell 1.5 from 3.7 in 2018 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.7 · 2019=2.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=8.7 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444190 · Elyria, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 89% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #29/62
  • PHOTO Charleston SC Yard
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Charleston SC Yard (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carter Lumber 143 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carter Lumber 143 averages 3.0 TCR (89% of the BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER BLS benchmark).

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

Carter Lumber 143 TCR series: 2018=3.7 · 2019=2 · 2020=0 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=8.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 3.4

Where Carter Lumber 143 falls in its industry

1,643 BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 62 BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER employers in Ohio.

Carter Lumber 143 (44 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 35 employees and a TCR of 5.2 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 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 050100150200 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Carter Lumber 143
Carter Lumber 143 (44 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 35 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Carter Lumber 143 has more employees than the BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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
2024 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 8.7 0.0 4 0 0
2021 4.5 0.0 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2018 3.7 3.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444190 · OH · Elyria

1,643 BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 118 employers in Elyria, OH · 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 Charleston SC Yard 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Griffin Lumber & Hardware - Leesburg 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pella Mid-Atlantic 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Englewood 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE D.T.S.S. Inc. 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Day Farms - Croton 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Licking Rural Electricfication 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbus SE Service Center 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elyria Medical Center 1,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, LLC - Elyria 680 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ridge Tool 655 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4255 404 FTE
NAT-TCR Kysom - Somerset 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lexlawn 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Chrisanntha Construction Corp 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Rainbow City 10275 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Finance 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carter Component Plant 541 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kempsville Building Materials 475 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kingston Residence of Fort Wayne 44 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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