Appliances, surgical, merchant wholesalers · Maryland
Posner Industries - Capitol Heights
Capitol Heights, MD · ~43 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 2.7
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Posner Industries - Capitol Heights runs at 123% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Appliances, surgical, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.
Posner Industries - Capitol Heights: 2.7 TCR = 123% of Appliances, surgical, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Posner Industries - Capitol Heights safety composite
Posner Industries - Capitol Heights scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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).
45/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.7 per 100 workers
Safer than 52% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 32% 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
Posner Industries - Capitol Heights: 2.5 → 2.9 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 2.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.08× in 2024
Posner Industries - Capitol Heights's TCR rose 0.4 from 2.5 in 2023 to 2.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.08× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423450 · Capitol Heights, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 2.7 · 123% of ind
- DART 2.9 DART
- RANK #3/10
- PHOTO The Safety Zone
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 2 inj
- SIZE ~43 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: The Safety Zone (0.0 TCR gap)
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Posner Industries - Capitol Heights in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Posner Industries - Capitol Heights
2.7 TCR
- The Safety Zon
The Safety Zone
2.7 TCR
- C32
C32
2.7 TCR
- Henry Schein D
Henry Schein Dental Charlotte Center
2.7 TCR
- 01-01-02/01-05
01-01-02/01-05-02 WEST DIV - GOLDEN GATE REGION
2.7 TCR
What this shows Posner Industries - Capitol Heights averages 2.7 TCR (123% of the Appliances, surgical, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Posner Industries - Capitol Heights TCR series: 2023=2.5 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 2.2
Where Posner Industries - Capitol Heights falls in its industry
754 Appliances, surgical, merchant establishmentsSafer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 10 Appliances, surgical, merchant employers in Maryland.
Posner Industries - Capitol Heights has fewer employees than the Appliances, surgical, merchant wholesale median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423450 · MD · Capitol Heights
754 Appliances, surgical, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 64 employers in Capitol Heights, 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 | The Safety Zone | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | C32 | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Henry Schein Dental Charlotte Center | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 01-01-02/01-05-02 WEST DIV - GOLDEN GATE REGION | 2.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Beltsville Warehouse | 43 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CBG | 43 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Banneker Ventures | 43 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | East Coast Building Services LLC | 43 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 237482-WASHINGTON NDC | 656 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WASHINGTON NDC_1434471 | 637 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 237481-SO MARYLAND MD P&DC | 444 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SOUTHERN MARYLAND_1441071 | 370 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 192 Loughborough | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Companion Home Health, LLC | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sheriffs Office | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Health Department | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Sanco | 43 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | St Clair Shores Country Club | 43 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lee's Summit Service Center | 43 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Holmes Lumber 166 | 43 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.