Heat Exchanger · Pennsylvania

Alfa Laval Inc. Lykens (loc code: PALYKE)

Lykens, PA · ~40 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Alfa Laval Inc. Lykens (loc code: PALYKE) runs at 147% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Heat Exchanger workplace, earning a grade D.

Alfa Laval Inc. Lykens (loc code: PALYKE): 4.9 TCR = 147% of Heat Exchanger BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Alfa Laval Inc. Lykens (loc code: PALYKE) safety composite

Alfa Laval Inc. Lykens (loc code: PALYKE) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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).

D

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−5.8

2016→2019

Alfa Laval Inc. Lykens (loc code: PALYKE) injury rate improved

Alfa Laval Inc. Lykens (loc code: PALYKE)'s TCR fell 5.8 from 5.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.8 · 2017=8.8 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332410 · Lykens, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 147% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/11
  • PHOTO Professional Fabrica…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Professional Fabricators, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Alfa Laval Inc. Lykens (loc code: PALYKE) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Alfa Laval Inc. Lykens (loc code: PALYKE) averages 4.9 TCR (147% of the Heat Exchanger BLS benchmark).

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

Alfa Laval Inc. Lykens (loc code: PALYKE) TCR series: 2016=5.8 · 2017=8.8 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Alfa Laval Inc. Lykens (loc code: PALYKE) falls in its industry

171 Heat Exchanger establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 11 Heat Exchanger employers in Pennsylvania.

Alfa Laval Inc. Lykens (loc code: PALYKE) (40 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Alfa Laval Inc. Lykens (loc code: PALYKE)
Alfa Laval Inc. Lykens (loc code: PALYKE) (40 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Alfa Laval Inc. Lykens (loc code: PALYKE) has fewer employees than the Heat Exchanger median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 8.8 6.6 4 0 0
2016 5.8 3.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332410 · PA · Lykens

171 Heat Exchanger employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 3 employers in Lykens, PA · 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 Professional Fabricators, Inc. 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR DC Fabricators, Inc 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Graham Corporation 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bryan Steam, LLC 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE CNB Mushroom, LLC 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE ASA Mushroom LLC 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Conard-Pyle Co. 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coastal Greenhouses, LLC -PA 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Boyer's Food Markets -Lykens 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR Boyers Food Market Inc - 3597 59 FTE
NAT-TCR YS, Inc. 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR JR Simplot Company-SGS Osgood 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0025 2815 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0019 0412 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE tabor city iga 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tualatin or - Hs Portland or - Cb 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE JR Simplot Company LL HQ 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stericycle Environmental Solutions - Houston,TX-4050 Homestead 40 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: 2019, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.