Plumbing equipment merchant wholesalers · Maryland
LB Water- Frederick
Frederick, MD · ~23 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.1
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
LB Water- Frederick runs at 187% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plumbing equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.
LB Water- Frederick: 4.1 TCR = 187% of Plumbing equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
LB Water- Frederick safety composite
LB Water- Frederick scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).
30/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 8.94 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% 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- Frederick: 0.0 → 8.9 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 9.6 TCR · DART/TCR 2.18× in 2024
LB Water- Frederick's TCR rose 8.9 from 0.0 in 2016 to 8.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 9.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 2.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423720 · Frederick, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 187% of ind
- DART 8.9 DART
- RANK #12/13
- PHOTO NJ Lakewood-190 Ober…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~23 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: NJ Lakewood-190 Oberlin Ave N (0.0 TCR gap)
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LB Water- Frederick in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
LB Water- Frederick
4.1 TCR
- NJ Lakewood-19
NJ Lakewood-190 Oberlin Ave N
4.1 TCR
- 7 - Sioux Fall
7 - Sioux Falls
4.1 TCR
- Ferguson Enter
Ferguson Enterprises LLC: NE Omaha - 13205 Lynam Dr
4.1 TCR
- 586 North Locu
586 North Locust Grove Road
4.1 TCR
What this shows LB Water- Frederick averages 4.1 TCR (187% of the Plumbing equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
LB Water- Frederick TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=9 · 2019=4.7 · 2020=4.7 · 2021=9.6 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=8.9 · BLS 2.2
Where LB Water- Frederick falls in its industry
853 Plumbing equipment merchant wh establishmentsSafer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 13 Plumbing equipment merchant wh employers in Maryland.
LB Water- Frederick has fewer employees than the Plumbing equipment merchant wholesalers 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 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9.6 | 4.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9.0 | 4.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423720 · MD · Frederick
853 Plumbing equipment merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 267 employers in Frederick, 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 | NJ Lakewood-190 Oberlin Ave N | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 7 - Sioux Falls | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ferguson Enterprises LLC: NE Omaha - 13205 Lynam Dr | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 586 North Locust Grove Road | 4.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Centrica Business Solutions - Solar | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Forestville Office | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Transportation Building | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fairmont (Cheval Condominium) | 23 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MD-03 | 4,250 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AstraZeneca Frederick Manufacturing Center | 775 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AstraZeneca Frederick Manufacturing | 711 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Thermo Fisher Scientific Frederick, MD (BID - Executive Way) | 568 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Lincoln Tool & Machine Corp. | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Groveport | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Romeoville | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Daniels Manufacturing Corporation | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Detroit Location | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ramos & Associates, Inc | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Nations Roof Gulf Coast, LLC | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | SSAB Texas Inc. | 23 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.