Solder wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap · Pennsylvania
Altoona - Alpha Assembly Solutions
Altoona, PA · ~108 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Altoona - Alpha Assembly Solutions runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Solder wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap workplace, earning a grade B.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.1
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 13
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Altoona - Alpha Assembly Solutions's OSHA Total Case Rate of 2.1 to the Solder wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap BLS benchmark of 3.3 (65% of benchmark) across 6 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Altoona - Alpha Assembly Solutions's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Altoona - Alpha Assembly Solutions falls in its industry
118 Solder wire, nonferrous metals establishmentsSafer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 15 Solder wire, nonferrous metals employers in Pennsylvania.
Trend analysis for Altoona - Alpha Assembly Solutions
Between 2016 and 2021, Altoona - Alpha Assembly Solutions's Total Case Rate improved from 2.6 to 2.0 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 23% decrease across 5 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2017, at a TCR of 0.0, while 2018 saw the highest rate, at 4.2, a spread of 4.2 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 6 reporting years, Altoona - Alpha Assembly Solutions recorded 13 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 6-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 13 injuries, 1 illnesses shown on this page for Altoona - Alpha Assembly Solutions are sourced from its own 6 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 331491 - Solder wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2021)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
2 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 195,134 hours worked = 2.05 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Altoona - Alpha Assembly Solutions (this establishment) | 2.15 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 6-year avg |
| Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 331491 |
| Pennsylvania state avg (all industries) | 5.06 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Altoona - Alpha Assembly Solutions to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2021: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 5 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Altoona - Alpha Assembly Solutions's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Solder wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 65% of the Solder wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap benchmark, Altoona - Alpha Assembly Solutions reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Solder wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
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Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.