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

Elkhart Branch

Elkhart, IN · ~72 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Elkhart Branch runs at 167% 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.

Elkhart Branch: 3.7 TCR = 167% of Building board (e.g., fiber, flake, particle) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Elkhart Branch safety composite

Elkhart Branch scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−4.2

2016→2017

Elkhart Branch injury rate improved

Elkhart Branch's TCR fell 4.2 from 5.8 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.8 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.8 · 2017=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423310 · Elkhart, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.7 · 167% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/16
  • PHOTO Cherokee - OKC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cherokee - OKC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Elkhart Branch in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Elkhart Branch averages 3.7 TCR (167% 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

Elkhart Branch TCR series: 2016=5.8 · 2017=1.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Elkhart Branch falls in its industry

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

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 16 Building board (e.g., fiber, f employers in Indiana.

Elkhart Branch (72 employees, TCR 3.7) 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 Elkhart Branch
Elkhart Branch (72 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Elkhart Branch has more 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
2017 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2016 5.8 5.8 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423310 · IN · Elkhart

1,225 Building board (e.g., fiber, flake, particle) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 401 employers in Elkhart, IN · 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 Cherokee - OKC 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR C&B HC Quality Doors 465 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR BlueLinx Corporation Raleigh 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1133 BOISE MILLWORK 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kokomo Operations Center 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE J. R. Kelly Company, Inc. 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Indianapolis One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gordon Plumbing, Inc. 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR Forest River, Inc. 12,549 FTE
CITY-NEAR THOR MOTOR COACH 2,437 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elkhart Community Schools 1,892 FTE
CITY-NEAR HRV LLC 1,692 FTE
NAT-TCR Anixter- Alsip 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Central Bridge Company 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR PT606 - Mt Laurel, NJ 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR NFSG1 - St George Office 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hydro - Burlington 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Lincoln County Inc 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Location #3 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Location #2 72 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: 2017, 2016. 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.