Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers · Pennsylvania
Reading Locations
Reading, PA · ~195 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.6
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Reading Locations runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.
Reading Locations: 1.6 TCR = 71% of Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Reading Locations safety composite
Reading Locations scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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).
48/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 1.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 59% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 1.66 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% 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
Reading Locations: 0.9 → 2.1 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 2.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.06× in 2018
Reading Locations's TCR rose 1.2 from 0.9 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.06× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424690 · Reading, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 71% of ind
- DART 1.7 DART
- RANK #22/43
- PHOTO Airgas Specialty Pro…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~195 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Airgas Specialty Products - Riverside (0.0 TCR gap)
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Reading Locations in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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Reading Locations
1.6 TCR
- Airgas Special
Airgas Specialty Products - Riverside
1.6 TCR
- Spartanburg SP
Spartanburg SP 0965
1.6 TCR
- Colonial Chemi
Colonial Chemical Solutions, Telfair
1.6 TCR
- Aldrich Chemic
Aldrich Chemical Co LLC - Allentown
1.6 TCR
What this shows Reading Locations averages 1.6 TCR (71% of the Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Reading Locations TCR series: 2016=0.9 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=2.1 · BLS 2.2
Where Reading Locations falls in its industry
766 Chemicals (except agriculture) establishmentsSafer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 43 Chemicals (except agriculture) employers in Pennsylvania.
Reading Locations has more employees than the Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., au median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424690 · PA · Reading
766 Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers 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 | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Airgas Specialty Products - Riverside | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Spartanburg SP 0965 | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Colonial Chemical Solutions, Telfair | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Aldrich Chemical Co LLC - Allentown | 1.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Baldwin Service Center | 195 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lear Guilford - Pine Grove (WA) | 195 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | #212 Gordon, Pa | 195 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Essentra Components | 195 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | READING HOSPITAL | 5,693 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SAO : Reading | 2,203 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | A077 - Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center | 1,764 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - TEN1 | 1,261 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Conner Haslet Tx Plant | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Waukesha Office | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Emerson Hermetic Motors | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Filtration : Cambellsville | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Holland - KC | 195 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | R+L Carriers - KAN | 195 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Middleburg Heights Oh (Ohmht) | 195 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Salem (Orsal) | 195 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.