Lumber (e.g., dressed, finished, rough) merchant wholesalers · Maryland

U.S. Lumber - Baltimore

Joppa, MD · ~58 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

U.S. Lumber - Baltimore runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Lumber (e.g., dressed, finished, rough) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

U.S. Lumber - Baltimore: 2.3 TCR = 105% of Lumber (e.g., dressed, finished, rough) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

U.S. Lumber - Baltimore safety composite

U.S. Lumber - Baltimore scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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%).

Rising injury rate

U.S. Lumber - Baltimore: 1.6 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.31× in 2024

U.S. Lumber - Baltimore's TCR rose 1.4 from 1.6 in 2023 to 3.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423310 · Joppa, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.3 · 105% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #11/27
  • PHOTO Russell Forest Produ…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Russell Forest Products, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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U.S. Lumber - Baltimore in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows U.S. Lumber - Baltimore averages 2.3 TCR (105% of the Lumber (e.g., dressed, finished, rough) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

U.S. Lumber - Baltimore TCR series: 2023=1.6 · 2024=3 · BLS 2.2

Where U.S. Lumber - Baltimore falls in its industry

1,225 Lumber (e.g., dressed, finishe establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 27 Lumber (e.g., dressed, finishe employers in Maryland.

U.S. Lumber - Baltimore (58 employees, TCR 2.3) 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 U.S. Lumber - Baltimore
U.S. Lumber - Baltimore (58 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 4.2

U.S. Lumber - Baltimore has more employees than the Lumber (e.g., dressed, finished, rough) 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
2024 3.0 3.0 2 0 0
2023 1.6 1.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423310 · MD · Joppa

1,225 Lumber (e.g., dressed, finished, rough) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 15 employers in Joppa, MD · 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 Russell Forest Products, Inc 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR BlueLinx Corporation Elkhart 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Duluth GA DC 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR MO Drywall - Hazelwood 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pocomoke Farm 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chalk Point Power, LLC 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE DRB Group Mid- Atlantic, LLC Metro 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southway Builders 58 FTE
CITY-NEAR JOPPA 216 FTE
CITY-NEAR 88260 185 FTE
CITY-NEAR 88265 150 FTE
CITY-NEAR Redner's Warehouse Market Joppatown 122 FTE
NAT-TCR Environmental Systems Company, LLC 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Rockford 10200 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Kenner 10149 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Gerdau Sand Springs Rail Products 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Techstar Molding 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Berlin Metals 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE RRSC Boston South 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wyoming 10173 58 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, 2023. 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.