Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis · Pennsylvania
Alpha Sintered Metals, LLC
Ridgway, PA · ~212 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Alpha Sintered Metals, LLC runs at 202% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis workplace, earning a grade F.
Alpha Sintered Metals, LLC: 6.7 TCR = 202% of Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Alpha Sintered Metals, LLC safety composite
Alpha Sintered Metals, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).
21/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.67 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.36 per 100 workers
Safer than 12% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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
Alpha Sintered Metals, LLC: 4.8 → 6.0 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 8.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.65× in 2023
Alpha Sintered Metals, LLC's TCR rose 1.2 from 4.8 in 2016 to 6.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332117 · Ridgway, PA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 202% of ind
- DART 4.4 DART
- RANK #50/58
- PHOTO GKN Emporium Industr…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 108 inj
- SIZE ~212 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: GKN Emporium Industrial (0.0 TCR gap)
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Alpha Sintered Metals, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Alpha Sintered Metals, LLC
6.7 TCR
- GKN Emporium I
GKN Emporium Industrial
6.7 TCR
- Metaldyne Sint
Metaldyne Sintered Ridgway, LLC
6.6 TCR
- PMG PA
PMG PA
6.5 TCR
- Clarion Sinter
Clarion Sintered Metals, Inc. South Plant
6.4 TCR
What this shows Alpha Sintered Metals, LLC averages 6.7 TCR (202% of the Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis BLS benchmark).
Alpha Sintered Metals, LLC TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2017=6.9 · 2018=7.6 · 2019=7.9 · 2020=7.1 · 2021=8.8 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=6 · BLS 3.3
Where Alpha Sintered Metals, LLC falls in its industry
151 Powder metallurgy products man establishmentsSafer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #50 safest of 58 Powder metallurgy products man employers in Pennsylvania.
Alpha Sintered Metals, LLC has more employees than the Powder metallurgy products manufactured 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.8 | 6.9 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.1 | 4.7 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.9 | 6.1 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.6 | 5.3 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.9 | 5.2 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332117 · PA · Ridgway
151 Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 46 employers in Ridgway, 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 | GKN Emporium Industrial | 6.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Metaldyne Sintered Ridgway, LLC | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PMG PA | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Clarion Sintered Metals, Inc. South Plant | 6.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | L&W APPAREL CO INC dba LEGACY ATHLETIC | 212 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SHIPPENVILLE (Colony Homes) | 212 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Maple Press Company | 212 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BPG USA- Fairfield | 212 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Helpmates - Huntingdon | 386 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | American Axle & Manufacturing Ridgway | 363 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Helpmates - Crawford | 361 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Helpmates - Warren | 354 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Five Star Supermarket of New London, Inc. | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wesley Heights | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Big Lots Store #4133 AURORA, CO | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | L2 Construction Services LLC | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Goodrich Corporation (Brea CA) | 212 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Connecticut Hospice | 212 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Heidelberg Distributing Company Cleveland | 212 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | JAXPORT | 212 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.