Plumbing and heating valves merchant wholesalers · Pennsylvania
LB Water- Ephrata
Ephrata, PA · ~28 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 5.3
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
LB Water- Ephrata runs at 239% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plumbing and heating valves merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
LB Water- Ephrata: 5.3 TCR = 239% of Plumbing and heating valves merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
LB Water- Ephrata safety composite
LB Water- Ephrata scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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).
32/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 26% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.83 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% 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
LB Water- Ephrata: 3.4 → 11.5 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 11.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.73× in 2024
LB Water- Ephrata's TCR rose 8.1 from 3.4 in 2016 to 11.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423720 · Ephrata, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 5.3 · 239% of ind
- DART 3.8 DART
- RANK #24/38
- PHOTO CPS distributors, inc.
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~28 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: CPS distributors, inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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LB Water- Ephrata in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
LB Water- Ephrata
5.3 TCR
- CPS distributo
CPS distributors, inc.
5.3 TCR
- MA Franklin-22
MA Franklin-22 National Drive
5.3 TCR
- HAHN SUPPLY, I
HAHN SUPPLY, INC.
5.3 TCR
- MSPV
MSPV
5.3 TCR
What this shows LB Water- Ephrata averages 5.3 TCR (239% of the Plumbing and heating valves merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
LB Water- Ephrata TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2017=8.2 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=4 · 2022=8.9 · 2023=8.2 · 2024=11.5 · BLS 2.2
Where LB Water- Ephrata falls in its industry
853 Plumbing and heating valves me establishmentsSafer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 38 Plumbing and heating valves me employers in Pennsylvania.
LB Water- Ephrata has fewer employees than the Plumbing and heating valves merchant who median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 | 11.5 | 3.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.9 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423720 · PA · Ephrata
853 Plumbing and heating valves merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 75 employers in Ephrata, 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 | CPS distributors, inc. | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MA Franklin-22 National Drive | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | HAHN SUPPLY, INC. | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MSPV | 5.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Masda Mushroom LLC | 28 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Scenery Hill | 28 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Production Fire and Safety LLC., DBA Ampro Strategic Alliance PA | 28 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bethlehem Energy Center | 28 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ephrata Community Hospital | 986 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Four Seasons Produce, Inc. | 553 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2340 | 366 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 2340 | 354 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Kinston | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Brookdale Bartlesville North | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 4-Oct | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ferguson Construction Company - Sidney | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | GIW Industries, Inc - Mulberry | 28 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cal-Maine Foods Inc. - Indiantown | 28 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pompano Beach - #412 | 28 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pacific Functional Fluids, LLC | 28 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.