Gypsum building products merchant wholesalers · Maryland
Freedom Materials
Laurel, MD · ~43 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.3
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Freedom Materials runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Gypsum building products merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.
Freedom Materials: 2.3 TCR = 105% of Gypsum building products merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Freedom Materials safety composite
Freedom Materials scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
70/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 74% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 80% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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
−2.7
2018→2024
Freedom Materials injury rate improved
Freedom Materials's TCR fell 2.7 from 2.7 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 5.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=2.7 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=5.0 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423390 · Laurel, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 2.3 · 105% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #2/6
- PHOTO 584 - RENO-INT BRANCH
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~43 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 584 - RENO-INT BRANCH (0.0 TCR gap)
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Freedom Materials in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- ABM Tomball
ABM Tomball
2.4 TCR
- This site
Freedom Materials
2.3 TCR
- 584 - RENO-INT
584 - RENO-INT BRANCH
2.3 TCR
- DELPHS-PDM-DEL
DELPHS-PDM-DELPHOS
2.3 TCR
- Arizon Air Str
Arizon Air Structures World Wide
2.3 TCR
What this shows Freedom Materials averages 2.3 TCR (105% of the Gypsum building products merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Freedom Materials TCR series: 2018=2.7 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=5 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2
Where Freedom Materials falls in its industry
168 Gypsum building products merch establishmentsSafer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 6 Gypsum building products merch employers in Maryland.
Freedom Materials has more employees than the Gypsum building products merchant wholes median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423390 · MD · Laurel
168 Gypsum building products merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 125 employers in Laurel, 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 | 584 - RENO-INT BRANCH | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DELPHS-PDM-DELPHOS | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Arizon Air Structures World Wide | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ABM Tomball | 2.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Beltsville Warehouse | 43 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CBG | 43 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Banneker Ventures | 43 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | East Coast Building Services LLC | 43 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BURTONSVILLE (MDBUR) | 2,341 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MDBUR - BURTONSVILLE | 2,339 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WSSC Water | 1,668 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Beltsville (Laurel) | 1,661 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Velocity Constructors Inc | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Northern Distribution Center | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Milford, DE - 255 North Rehoboth Boulevard | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Specialty Products Company - Machine Shop Location | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ralph's Hardwood Floor Co., Inc. | 43 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lamanuzzi & Pantaleo | 43 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ADL Painting & Wallcovering, Inc. | 43 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Safran Landing Systems (MKE) | 43 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.