Cellulosic fiber insulation installation · California

Universal Lp Corp

Lancaster, CA · ~31 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Universal Lp Corp runs at 149% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cellulosic fiber insulation installation workplace, earning a grade D.

Universal Lp Corp: 4.2 TCR = 149% of Cellulosic fiber insulation installation BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Universal Lp Corp safety composite

Universal Lp Corp scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Universal Lp Corp: 0.0 → 12.5 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 12.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.99× in 2023

Universal Lp Corp's TCR rose 12.5 from 0.0 in 2017 to 12.5 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238310 · Lancaster, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 149% of ind

  • DART 8.3 DART
  • RANK #130/228
  • PHOTO HCS Oldsmar
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HCS Oldsmar (0.0 TCR gap)

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Universal Lp Corp in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Universal Lp Corp averages 4.2 TCR (149% of the Cellulosic fiber insulation installation BLS benchmark).

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

Universal Lp Corp TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=5.7 · 2019=7.4 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=12.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Universal Lp Corp falls in its industry

1,613 Cellulosic fiber insulation in establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #130 safest of 228 Cellulosic fiber insulation in employers in California.

Universal Lp Corp (31 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Universal Lp Corp
Universal Lp Corp (31 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Universal Lp Corp has fewer employees than the Cellulosic fiber insulation installation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 12.5 8.3 3 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.6 3.6 1 0 0
2019 7.4 7.4 1 1 0
2018 5.7 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238310 · CA · Lancaster

1,613 Cellulosic fiber insulation installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 131 employers in Lancaster, CA · 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 HCS Oldsmar 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5683_12476 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alcal South Gate Multi-Product 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Expert Insulation Brainerd 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE GCF 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nielsen Farms 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Star Nurseries LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Progressive Growers Inc 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Antelope Valley Union High School District 3,219 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 549 2,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR California State Prison-Los Angeles County 1,505 FTE
CITY-NEAR BYD Coach & Bus LLC 679 FTE
NAT-TCR Dew Fresh Inc 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Contech Gadst 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ihop 3350 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Musashi Auto Parts-MI, Inc. 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Firestone Enterprises Inc 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Town of Winchester Police Dept 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE McCoys Building Supply- Bastrop 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE McCoys Building Supply-Austin 290 West 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.