Textile products finishing · Pennsylvania

Wolfe Dye and Bleach Works, Inc.

Name: Wolfe Dye and Bleach Works, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Shoemakersville, PA · ~59 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Wolfe Dye and Bleach Works, Inc. runs at 207% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Textile products finishing workplace, earning a grade F.

Wolfe Dye and Bleach Works, Inc.: 6.8 TCR = 207% of Textile products finishing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wolfe Dye and Bleach Works, Inc. safety composite

Wolfe Dye and Bleach Works, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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).

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

−3.2

2016→2021

Wolfe Dye and Bleach Works, Inc. injury rate improved

Wolfe Dye and Bleach Works, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.2 from 6.7 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 16.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.7 · 2017=16.6 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=6.1 · 2021=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 313310 · Shoemakersville, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 207% of ind

DART 3.5 DART
RANK #16/17
PHOTO Swift Textile Metali…
BOOK 6y book
INJ 20 inj
SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Swift Textile Metalizing (0.0 TCR gap)

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OTC

7
This site

6.8
Swift Textile

6.8
Aurora Special

6.8
PA Location

6.6

What this shows Wolfe Dye and Bleach Works, Inc. averages 6.8 TCR (207% of the Textile products finishing BLS benchmark).

Wolfe Dye and Bleach Works, Inc. TCR series: 2016=6.7 · 2017=16.6 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=6.1 · 2021=3.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Wolfe Dye and Bleach Works, Inc. falls in its industry

166 Textile products finishing establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 17 Textile products finishing employers in Pennsylvania.

Wolfe Dye and Bleach Works, Inc. (59 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 78 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Wolfe Dye and Bleach Works, Inc. has fewer employees than the Textile products finishing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2021	3.5	3.5	2	0
2020	6.1	6.1	3	0
2019	6.7	1.7	2	2
2018	1.5	1.5	1	0
2017	16.6	14.9	8	2
2016	6.7	5.0	4	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

313310 · PA · Shoemakersville

166 Textile products finishing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 14 employers in Shoemakersville, PA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Swift Textile Metalizing	BLOOMFIELD, CT	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Aurora Specialty Textiles Group	YORKVILLE, IL	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	OTC	DALTON, GA	7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PA Location	CARLISLE, PA	6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Dan Schantz Greenhouse (Pipersville, PA)	PIPERSVILLE	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	North Creek Nurseries, Inc.	LANDENBERG	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Eddystone Generating Station	EDDYSTONE	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	S&A Homes, Inc.	STATE COLLEGE	59 FTE
CITY-NEAR	National Distribution Centers LLC-200 Logistics Drive	Shoemakersville	168 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Materion - Reading	Shoemakersville	144 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Materion - Shoemakersville	Shoemakersville	135 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Shoemakersville plant	Shoemakersville	115 FTE
NAT-TCR	Metcalfe's- West	Madison, WI	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Alta Equipment Company	Bolingbrook, IL	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Contour	Cornish, ME	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Pharmachem Laboratories LLC	Kearny, NJ	6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Public Safety	New Brighton, MN	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	90007870 General Dynamics	Groton, CT	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ajax Tocco Madison Heights	Madison Heights, MI	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Amarr Entrematic Shawnee	Shawnee, KS	59 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: 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.