Book publishers and printing combined · Pennsylvania

Rowman & Littlefield

Blue Ridge Summit, PA · ~176 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rowman & Littlefield runs at 879% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Book publishers and printing combined workplace, earning a grade F.

Rowman & Littlefield: 6.2 TCR = 879% of Book publishers and printing combined BLS 0.7 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rowman & Littlefield safety composite

Rowman & Littlefield scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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).

F

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

−1.2

2018→2019

Rowman & Littlefield injury rate improved

Rowman & Littlefield's TCR fell 1.2 from 6.8 in 2018 to 5.5 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.8 · 2019=5.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 511130 · Blue Ridge Summit, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.2 · 879% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK P15
  • PHOTO A Beka Book, Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~176 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: A Beka Book, Inc. (0.2 TCR gap)

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Rowman & Littlefield in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Rowman & Littlefield averages 6.2 TCR (879% of the Book publishers and printing combined BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Rowman & Littlefield TCR series: 2018=6.8 · 2019=5.5 · BLS 0.7

Where Rowman & Littlefield falls in its industry

27 Book publishers and printing c establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Rowman & Littlefield (176 employees, TCR 6.2) among 13 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 193 employees and a TCR of 1.3 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 14 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0200400600800 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Rowman & Littlefield
Rowman & Littlefield (176 employees, TCR 6.2) among 13 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 193 employees and a TCR of 1.3

Rowman & Littlefield has fewer employees than the Book publishers and printing combined median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.3. 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
2019 5.5 2.1 8 0 0
2018 6.8 4.2 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

511130 · PA · Blue Ridge Summit

27 Book publishers and printing combined employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 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 A Beka Book, Inc. 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Command Web Offset 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bass-Mollett LLC. 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR HMH Itasca SC 7.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Swartley Bros. Engineers, Inc 176 FTE
STATE-SIZE Renick Brothers Construction 176 FTE
STATE-SIZE Secant Group 176 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stryten Energy 176 FTE
NAT-TCR IN 2800 W 26th Street 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0031 1581 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 1858 Lkq 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Rahr Malting Co. 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Water Resources 176 FTE
NAT-SIZE MIAMI 18601 NW 2nd Ave 176 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ed Parker 176 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lynwood Nursing Home 176 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: 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.