Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers · Pennsylvania

Fromm Corp

Reading, PA · ~103 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fromm Corp runs at 179% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Fromm Corp: 3.9 TCR = 179% of Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fromm Corp safety composite

Fromm Corp scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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).

F

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

Fromm Corp: 3.7 → 4.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 5.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.84× in 2021

Fromm Corp's TCR rose 0.7 from 3.7 in 2017 to 4.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423610 · Reading, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.9 · 179% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #39/57
  • PHOTO 4192-00051137-107524
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~103 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4192-00051137-107524 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fromm Corp in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fromm Corp averages 3.9 TCR (179% of the Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Fromm Corp TCR series: 2017=3.7 · 2018=5.3 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=4.4 · BLS 2.2

Where Fromm Corp falls in its industry

1,190 Alarm apparatus, electric, mer establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #39 safest of 57 Alarm apparatus, electric, mer employers in Pennsylvania.

Fromm Corp (103 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Fromm Corp
Fromm Corp (103 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Fromm Corp has more employees than the Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant whol median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2021 4.4 3.3 4 0 0
2020 2.1 1.0 2 0 0
2019 4.3 4.3 5 0 0
2018 5.3 4.0 4 0 0
2017 3.7 0.9 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423610 · PA · Reading

1,190 Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 303 employers in Reading, PA · 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 4192-00051137-107524 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mayer Electric Supply Company, Inc. - Charlotte 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR US - Supply Chain : 0003 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ft. Lauderdale 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE GMC Far 2 Giorgi Mushroom Farm 2 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE E.E. Austin & Son, Inc. 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE GSM Roofing 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE Philadelphia D&M INC COMCAST 103 FTE
CITY-NEAR READING HOSPITAL 5,693 FTE
CITY-NEAR SAO : Reading 2,203 FTE
CITY-NEAR A077 - Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center 1,764 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - TEN1 1,261 FTE
NAT-TCR Hobart Service, Detroit 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Wilbert Funeral Services Inc 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR STA-Terrell (TEX-740) 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Hobart Service, Phoenix 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lindenwold Middle School 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nevada Construction 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE LEM Large Projects 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store #107 103 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.