Housewares, gas and electric, merchant wholesalers · Ohio
West Chester
West Chester, OH · ~75 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.7
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
West Chester runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Housewares, gas and electric, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.
West Chester: 1.7 TCR = 76% of Housewares, gas and electric, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
West Chester safety composite
West Chester scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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).
54/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 1.68 per 100 workers
Safer than 73% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% 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
−2.4
2016→2024
West Chester injury rate improved
West Chester's TCR fell 2.4 from 3.5 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.5 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=1.0 · 2024=1.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423620 · West Chester, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 76% of ind
- DART 1.2 DART
- RANK #1/6
- PHOTO Clarke Distribution …
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~75 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Clarke Distribution Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)
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West Chester in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
West Chester
1.7 TCR
- Clarke Distrib
Clarke Distribution Corporation
1.7 TCR
- Merc Acquisiti
Merc Acquisitions, Inc.
1.7 TCR
- APLG El Paso
APLG El Paso
1.7 TCR
- New York Manha
New York Manhattan
1.7 TCR
What this shows West Chester averages 1.7 TCR (76% of the Housewares, gas and electric, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
West Chester TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2017=0 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=1 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 2.2
Where West Chester falls in its industry
91 Housewares, gas and electric, establishmentsSafer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 6 Housewares, gas and electric, employers in Ohio.
West Chester has more employees than the Housewares, gas and electric, merchant w median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423620 · OH · West Chester
91 Housewares, gas and electric, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 205 employers in West Chester, OH · 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 | Clarke Distribution Corporation | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Merc Acquisitions, Inc. | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | APLG El Paso | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | New York Manhattan | 1.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Bardshar Wholesale | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Newark Service Center | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | D.R. Horton, Inc. - Midwest (Columbus) | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kirk Bros Co, Inc. | 75 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lithko Contracting, LLC | 2,120 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | West Chester Hospital LLC | 1,413 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cornerstone Services Group | 1,102 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ohio DC2 | 939 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Sodexo at Homecrest House | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Todd Wenzel Buick GMC of Davison | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CMC Rebar Belvidere | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Robertson's Hams | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Furst-McNess Company (Lodi) | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ISD #100 Wrenshall | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Carlson MetroCenter YMCA | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sodexo at Dcps Cluster 7 | 75 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.