Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing · Pennsylvania

IFS Industries - Reading

Name: IFS Industries - Reading Workplace Safety Data
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Reading, PA · ~70 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

IFS Industries - Reading runs at 184% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

IFS Industries - Reading: 6.1 TCR = 184% of Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

IFS Industries - Reading safety composite

IFS Industries - Reading scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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).

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

−3.5

2016→2017

IFS Industries - Reading injury rate improved

IFS Industries - Reading's TCR fell 3.5 from 7.8 in 2016 to 4.3 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.8 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.8 · 2017=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325520 · Reading, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 184% of ind

DART 2.9 DART
RANK #7/8
PHOTO IC100
BOOK 2y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: IC100 (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.1
IC100

6.1
HENKEL US OPER

6
HB Fuller

5.9
Functional Coa

5.9

What this shows IFS Industries - Reading averages 6.1 TCR (184% of the Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

IFS Industries - Reading TCR series: 2016=7.8 · 2017=4.3 · BLS 3.3

Where IFS Industries - Reading falls in its industry

287 Adhesives (except asphalt, den establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 8 Adhesives (except asphalt, den employers in Pennsylvania.

IFS Industries - Reading (70 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7

IFS Industries - Reading has more employees than the Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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	4.3	2.9	3	0	0
2016	7.8	5.2	6	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325520 · PA · Reading

287 Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	IC100	DELAWARE, OH	6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	HENKEL US OPERATIONS CORP	OAK CREEK, WI	6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	HB Fuller	WALKER, MI	5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Functional Coatings LLC Newburyport Facility	NEWBURYPORT, MA	5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Grace Ind	BATH	70 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Clark Contractors, Inc.	BEDFORD	70 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Tutor Perini Building Corp. - Northeast	PHILADELPHIA	70 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Weaver Companies, Inc.	EAST EARL	70 FTE
CITY-NEAR	READING HOSPITAL	Reading	5,693 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SAO : Reading	Reading	2,203 FTE
CITY-NEAR	A077 - Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center	Reading	1,764 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - TEN1	Reading	1,261 FTE
NAT-TCR	Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines	Des Moines, IA	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	North Platte (Nenpl)	North Platte, NE	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Stanton Center (Kysta)	Stanton, KY	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Grande Vista (Cagvs)	Vernon, CA	6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Allied Waste, LLC - West Columbia, Sc	West Columbia, SC	70 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Gruber Industries, Inc	Phoenix, AZ	70 FTE
NAT-SIZE	James River Work Center	State Farm, VA	70 FTE
NAT-SIZE	N and R of South Hampton LLC	Columbia, MO	70 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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