Museums · Pennsylvania
Foundation for the Reading Public Museum
Reading, PA · ~36 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Foundation for the Reading Public Museum runs at 119% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Museums workplace, earning a grade C.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.7
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.1
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 2
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Foundation for the Reading Public Museum's OSHA Total Case Rate of 3.7 to the Museums BLS benchmark of 3.1 (119% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Foundation for the Reading Public Museum's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.1 industry benchmark.
Where Foundation for the Reading Public Museum falls in its industry
273 Museums establishmentsSafer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 9 Museums employers in Pennsylvania.
Trend analysis for Foundation for the Reading Public Museum
Between 2018 and 2019, Foundation for the Reading Public Museum's Total Case Rate held roughly steady from 3.7 to 3.7 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 1% increase across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2018, at a TCR of 3.7, while 2019 saw the highest rate, at 3.7, a spread of 0.0 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Foundation for the Reading Public Museum recorded 2 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 2 injuries shown on this page for Foundation for the Reading Public Museum are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 712110 - Museums.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2019)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 54,047 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation for the Reading Public Museum (this establishment) | 3.68 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Natural science museums industry avg | 3.10 | BLS IIF, NAICS 712110 |
| Pennsylvania state avg (all industries) | 5.06 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Foundation for the Reading Public Museum to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2019: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Foundation for the Reading Public Museum's reported OSHA injury record versus its Museums peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 119% of the Museums benchmark, Foundation for the Reading Public Museum reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Museums sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.