Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling · Pennsylvania

Shaffers Bottled Gas, Inc

Hooversville, PA · ~31 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.4
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Shaffers Bottled Gas, Inc runs at 306% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling workplace, earning a grade F.

Shaffers Bottled Gas, Inc: 10.4 TCR = 306% of Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shaffers Bottled Gas, Inc safety composite

Shaffers Bottled Gas, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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).

D

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−17.9

2017→2024

Shaffers Bottled Gas, Inc injury rate improved

Shaffers Bottled Gas, Inc's TCR fell 17.9 from 21.4 in 2017 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 21.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=21.4 · 2019=7.8 · 2020=7.7 · 2021=11.7 · 2024=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 454310 · Hooversville, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.4 · 306% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #24/29
  • PHOTO 6000-DRC-BIDDEFORD
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 6000-DRC-BIDDEFORD (0.0 TCR gap)

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Shaffers Bottled Gas, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Shaffers Bottled Gas, Inc averages 10.4 TCR (306% of the Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling BLS benchmark).

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

Shaffers Bottled Gas, Inc TCR series: 2017=21.4 · 2019=7.8 · 2020=7.7 · 2021=11.7 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 3.4

Where Shaffers Bottled Gas, Inc falls in its industry

366 Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 29 Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) employers in Pennsylvania.

Shaffers Bottled Gas, Inc (31 employees, TCR 10.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 6.1 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 020406080100 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Shaffers Bottled Gas, Inc
Shaffers Bottled Gas, Inc (31 employees, TCR 10.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Shaffers Bottled Gas, Inc has fewer employees than the Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, d median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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 3.5 3.5 1 0 0
2021 11.7 3.9 2 1 0
2020 7.7 0.0 2 0 0
2019 7.8 3.9 2 0 0
2017 21.4 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

454310 · PA · Hooversville

366 Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling 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 6000-DRC-BIDDEFORD 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR AmeriGas - Chester NJ 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sail Energy LLC DBA Tower Energy 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Region Oil - Dover 10.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Spawn Plant 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Caputo & Guest Mushrooms 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE COLSC Cocalico Service Center 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Phoenixville Service Building 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shaffer's Bottled Gas, Inc. 30 FTE
NAT-TCR Sun Pacific Farming | Citrus Farming | Lindsay 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Cornerstone Residence Senior Care 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Citizens Care & Rehabilitation Center 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR LVMPD - Convention Center Area Command 10.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hampton Inn 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Insulectro-San Jose 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE DIY Home Center Big Bear 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Accurate Elastomer Products, Inc 31 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: 2024, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.