Trusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturing · New Jersey
Universal Forest Products
Berlin, NJ · ~152 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Universal Forest Products runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Trusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Universal Forest Products: 2.9 TCR = 88% of Trusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Universal Forest Products safety composite
Universal Forest Products scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% 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).
69/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 2.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 84% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 65% 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
−1.4
2016→2024
Universal Forest Products injury rate improved
Universal Forest Products's TCR fell 1.4 from 3.3 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.3 · 2017=6.9 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.1 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=0.5 · 2024=1.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 321214 · Berlin, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 88% of ind
- DART 1.9 DART
- RANK #2/5
- PHOTO CARTER COMPONENT PLA…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 30 inj
- SIZE ~152 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: CARTER COMPONENT PLANT 533 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Universal Forest Products in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- NVR Building P
NVR Building Products (PGH)
3 TCR
- Plant City FL
Plant City FL Truss
3 TCR
- Saco/Biddeford
Saco/Biddeford - BMD
3 TCR
- This site
Universal Forest Products
2.9 TCR
- CARTER COMPONE
CARTER COMPONENT PLANT 533
2.9 TCR
What this shows Universal Forest Products averages 2.9 TCR (88% of the Trusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Universal Forest Products TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2017=6.9 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.1 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=0.5 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Universal Forest Products falls in its industry
421 Trusses, wood roof or floor, m establishmentsSafer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.0.
Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Trusses, wood roof or floor, m employers in New Jersey.
Universal Forest Products has more employees than the Trusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturi median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.0. 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 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
321214 · NJ · Berlin
421 Trusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 21 employers in Berlin, NJ · 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 | CARTER COMPONENT PLANT 533 | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NVR Building Products (PGH) | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Plant City FL Truss | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Saco/Biddeford - BMD | 3.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Vericon Construction Company LLC | 152 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DFA-CDL-BRIDGETON NJ-PLANT | 152 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Domino's Supply Chain Center- New Jersey | 152 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Amcor Rigid Plastics Millville | 152 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MICHAELS DISTRIBUTION CENTER #5 - BERLIN | 468 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Vision Utilities Inc | 318 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mount Construction Inc. | 188 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Penbryn | 184 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Sunright America | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Membrane Process & Controls, Inc | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Crown Lift Trucks Charlotte | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Youngstown Warehouse - 02 | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | University Hosp Rehab Hospital - 4071 | 152 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pasadena Plant | 152 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | PotlatchDeltic Land & Lumber, LLC. | 152 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hyde Park | 152 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.