Stationery supplies merchant wholesalers · Maryland

Essendant: Baltimore OE

Hanover, MD · ~167 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Essendant: Baltimore OE runs at 130% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Stationery supplies merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Essendant: Baltimore OE: 2.9 TCR = 130% of Stationery supplies merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Essendant: Baltimore OE safety composite

Essendant: Baltimore OE scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

−2.4

2019→2023

Essendant: Baltimore OE injury rate improved

Essendant: Baltimore OE's TCR fell 2.4 from 4.5 in 2019 to 2.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.5 · 2020=3.0 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=1.0 · 2023=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424120 · Hanover, MD ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 2.9 · 130% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK P56
  • PHOTO American Crafts
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~167 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: American Crafts (0.0 TCR gap)

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Essendant: Baltimore OE in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Essendant: Baltimore OE averages 2.9 TCR (130% of the Stationery supplies merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Essendant: Baltimore OE TCR series: 2019=4.5 · 2020=3 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=1 · 2023=2.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Essendant: Baltimore OE falls in its industry

87 Stationery supplies merchant w establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Essendant: Baltimore OE (167 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 05,00010,00015,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Essendant: Baltimore OE
Essendant: Baltimore OE (167 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Essendant: Baltimore OE has more employees than the Stationery supplies merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2023 2.2 2.2 2 0 0
2022 1.0 0.0 1 0 0
2021 3.5 3.5 4 0 0
2020 3.0 3.0 4 0 0
2019 4.5 4.0 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424120 · MD · Hanover

87 Stationery supplies merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 121 employers in Hanover, 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 American Crafts 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clover Technologies Group, LLC - Oglesby 32 Marquette 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR SPR Tampa 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clover Environmental Solutions LLC - Farmingdale, NJ 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE American Contracting & Environmental Services, Inc. 167 FTE
STATE-SIZE Capitol Heights MD Branch 167 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mechanical Services-Sparks 167 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pompeian, Inc. 167 FTE
CITY-NEAR PPE Casino Resorts Maryland d/b/a Live! Casino & Hotel 2,371 FTE
CITY-NEAR Keller North America Inc. 2,303 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ciena - Remote workers 1,746 FTE
CITY-NEAR PEAPOD HANOVER WAREHOUSE 1,556 FTE
NAT-TCR Heavener Processing Plant 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Carlson-LaVine, Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Finelite, Livermore 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Mereen Johnson 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Valley View Rehab & Nursing Center 167 FTE
NAT-SIZE Essendant: Boston OE 167 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hulcher Services Inc - Corporate Office 167 FTE
NAT-SIZE Five Star Premier Residences of Hollywood 167 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.