Building board (e.g., fiber, flake, particle) merchant wholesalers · Colorado

Denver Paxton

Denver, CO · ~31 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Denver Paxton runs at 137% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Building board (e.g., fiber, flake, particle) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Denver Paxton: 3.0 TCR = 137% of Building board (e.g., fiber, flake, particle) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Denver Paxton safety composite

Denver Paxton scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

Denver Paxton: 3.1 → 3.5 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 8.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.15× in 2024

Denver Paxton's TCR rose 0.4 from 3.1 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423310 · Denver, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.0 · 137% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #15/33
  • PHOTO Woodgrain - Titusville
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Woodgrain - Titusville (0.0 TCR gap)

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Denver Paxton in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Denver Paxton averages 3.0 TCR (137% of the Building board (e.g., fiber, flake, particle) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Denver Paxton TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2017=5.4 · 2019=8.2 · 2021=0 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 2.2

Where Denver Paxton falls in its industry

1,225 Building board (e.g., fiber, f establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 33 Building board (e.g., fiber, f employers in Colorado.

Denver Paxton (31 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 020406080100120 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Denver Paxton
Denver Paxton (31 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Denver Paxton has fewer employees than the Building board (e.g., fiber, flake, part median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 3.5 3.5 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.9 0.9 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 8.2 8.2 3 0 0
2017 5.4 5.4 2 0 0
2016 3.1 3.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423310 · CO · Denver

1,225 Building board (e.g., fiber, flake, particle) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 1,757 employers in Denver, CO · 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 Woodgrain - Titusville 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6718 GRAND PRAIRIE MILLWORK 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR O'Shea Lumber Company 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Springfield 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Strad USA Inc. 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heorot Power Management, LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE San Isabel Electric Association-Pueblo West E&O 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brighton Service Center-275 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEN DEN 9,832 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-DEN 6,769 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEN - Airport United Airlines Offices 5,277 FTE
CITY-NEAR CO-01 4,581 FTE
NAT-TCR IPP Plant 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR VanLaan Concrete Construction 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Adams Pointe 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Command Construction Industries 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hammond Lumber Company - Damariscotta 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilco Transport Wilmington 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Haz HCC 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Freeport FL Yard 31 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, 2019, 2017, 2016. 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.