Building board (e.g., fiber, flake, particle) merchant wholesalers · Pennsylvania

Russell Plywood Inc

Reading, PA · ~65 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Russell Plywood Inc runs at 94% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Building board (e.g., fiber, flake, particle) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Russell Plywood Inc: 2.1 TCR = 94% of Building board (e.g., fiber, flake, particle) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Russell Plywood Inc safety composite

Russell Plywood Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−2.3

2020→2023

Russell Plywood Inc injury rate improved

Russell Plywood Inc's TCR fell 2.3 from 2.3 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=2.3 · 2021=6.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423310 · Reading, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.1 · 94% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/54
  • PHOTO U.S. Lumber - Kingston
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: U.S. Lumber - Kingston (0.0 TCR gap)

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Russell Plywood Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Russell Plywood Inc averages 2.1 TCR (94% of the Building board (e.g., fiber, flake, particle) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Russell Plywood Inc TCR series: 2020=2.3 · 2021=6 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Russell Plywood Inc falls in its industry

1,225 Building board (e.g., fiber, f establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 54 Building board (e.g., fiber, f employers in Pennsylvania.

Russell Plywood Inc (65 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 4.2 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 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 020406080100120 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Russell Plywood Inc
Russell Plywood Inc (65 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Russell Plywood Inc has more employees than the Building board (e.g., fiber, flake, part median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 6.0 2.0 3 0 0
2020 2.3 2.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423310 · PA · Reading

1,225 Building board (e.g., fiber, flake, particle) 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 U.S. Lumber - Kingston 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR CBSI Baltimore 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR C&B American Building Services Wheeling, IL 600 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Design Supply, Inc. 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Star Roses and Plants 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. - Willow Grove 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Yoe Construction, Inc 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Yoe Industrial Services 65 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 Hannon Electric - Canton 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Premier Printing of Illinois Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR DC 04 - Torrance 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Whirlpool Corporation - Greenville 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Peacock Manufacturing Company 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Toenjes Brick Contracting Inc 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE R T Brown Mechanical,Inc. 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Peter Michael Winery 65 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.