Roofing, Siding, and Insulation Material Merchant Wholesalers · New Jersey

Universal Supply - Lakewood

Name: Universal Supply - Lakewood Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Lakewood, NJ · ~19 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 8.7
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Universal Supply - Lakewood runs at 397% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Roofing, Siding, and Insulation Material Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Universal Supply - Lakewood: 8.7 TCR = 397% of Roofing, Siding, and Insulation Material Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Universal Supply - Lakewood safety composite

Universal Supply - Lakewood scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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).

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 8.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−10.4

2016→2021

Universal Supply - Lakewood injury rate improved

Universal Supply - Lakewood's TCR fell 10.4 from 10.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 15.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.4 · 2017=15.7 · 2018=10.6 · 2019=5.0 · 2020=10.7 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423330 · Lakewood, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.7 · 397% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #15/17
PHOTO ABC Supply 497
BOOK 6y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ABC Supply 497 (0.0 TCR gap)

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045 ABC Supply

8.8
215 ABC Supply

8.8
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8.7
ABC Supply 497

8.7
ABC Supply 461

8.7

What this shows Universal Supply - Lakewood averages 8.7 TCR (397% of the Roofing, Siding, and Insulation Material Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Universal Supply - Lakewood TCR series: 2016=10.4 · 2017=15.7 · 2018=10.6 · 2019=5 · 2020=10.7 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Universal Supply - Lakewood falls in its industry

953 Roofing, Siding, and Insulatio establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.7.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 17 Roofing, Siding, and Insulatio employers in New Jersey.

Universal Supply - Lakewood (19 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 31 employees and a TCR of 5.7

Universal Supply - Lakewood has fewer employees than the Roofing, Siding, and Insulation Material median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.7. 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
2021	0.0	0.0	0	0
2020	10.7	10.7	1	1
2019	5.0	5.0	1	0
2018	10.6	10.6	2	0
2017	15.7	10.5	3	0
2016	10.4	10.4	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423330 · NJ · Lakewood

953 Roofing, Siding, and Insulation Material Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 94 employers in Lakewood, NJ · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	ABC Supply 497	DUNNELLON, FL	8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	045 ABC Supply Co., Inc	ORLANDO, FL	8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ABC Supply 461	SAN ANTONIO, TX	8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	215 ABC Supply Co., Inc	ROCHESTER, NY	8.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Joseph J. White, Inc	BROWNS MILLS	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Elizabethtown Gas-Erie Street	ELIZABETH PORT	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Flemington office	FLEMINGTON	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Concentric Group LLC	BELLEVILLE	19 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NJ-04	Lakewood	4,429 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tender Touch Rehab Services	Lakewood	2,997 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Monmouth Medical Center - Southern Campus	Lakewood	622 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Renaissane Lakewood LLC	Lakewood	598 FTE
NAT-TCR	4769-935-Pottery Barn	Fort Worth, TX	8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	G T Paving	Brownsville, TX	8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Barlo Signs International, Inc	Hudson, NH	8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	OR-Eugene RC	Eugene, OR	8.7 TCR

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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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