Building board (e.g., fiber, flake, particle) merchant wholesalers · Pennsylvania

Kamco Building Supply Chester

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Chester, PA · ~58 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Kamco Building Supply Chester runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Building board (e.g., fiber, flake, particle) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Kamco Building Supply Chester: 2.8 TCR = 129% of Building board (e.g., fiber, flake, particle) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kamco Building Supply Chester safety composite

Kamco Building Supply Chester scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−3.6

2017→2020

Kamco Building Supply Chester injury rate improved

Kamco Building Supply Chester's TCR fell 3.6 from 3.6 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.6 · 2018=4.9 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423310 · Chester, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.8 · 129% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #12/54
PHOTO Dixie Plywood Co. of…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dixie Plywood Co. of Houston (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Kamco Building Supply Chester averages 2.8 TCR (129% of the Building board (e.g., fiber, flake, particle) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Kamco Building Supply Chester TCR series: 2017=3.6 · 2018=4.9 · 2020=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Kamco Building Supply Chester falls in its industry

1,225 Building board (e.g., fiber, f establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 54 Building board (e.g., fiber, f employers in Pennsylvania.

Kamco Building Supply Chester (58 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Kamco Building Supply Chester has more employees than the Building board (e.g., fiber, flake, part median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2018	4.9	4.9	2
2017	3.6	3.6	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423310 · PA · Chester

1,225 Building board (e.g., fiber, flake, particle) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 45 employers in Chester, 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	Dixie Plywood Co. of Houston	HOUSTON, TX	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	U.S. Lumber - Raleigh	SMITHFIELD, NC	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NWH Loudonville	LOUDONVILLE, OH	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	1209 NORTH HOLLYWOOD	NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Menu Mate Mushroom Farm	WEST GROVE	58 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CannTech	WARRENDALE	58 FTE
STATE-SIZE	PA Location	EPHRATA	58 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Moyer's Hatchery	QUAKERTOWN	58 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Harrah's Philadelphia Casino Racetrack	Chester	1,017 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Health Access Network	Chester	941 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PHRG PHL/HQ	Chester	826 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PHRG HQ	Chester	680 FTE
NAT-TCR	Koorsen Fire & Security Evansville	Evansville, IN	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Navy Road, P-19719	Fort Smith, AR	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Blakley Corporation Concrete and Masonry Services	Indianapolis, IN	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tri-Star Centennial Medical Center	Nashville, TN	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Plymouth Tube Company	West Monrore, LA	58 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Current Applications, Inc.	Watertown, NY	58 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Marine Exhaust Systems	Riviera Beach, FL	58 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pocahontas Center	Marlington, WV	58 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: 2020, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.