General Freight Trucking,Local · Pennsylvania
Altoona
Duncansville, PA · ~77 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.6
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Altoona runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General Freight Trucking,Local workplace, earning a grade D.
Altoona: 5.6 TCR = 125% of General Freight Trucking,Local BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Altoona safety composite
Altoona scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 39%), 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.64 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.89 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% 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
Altoona: 3.2 → 3.9 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 17.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.69× in 2024
Altoona's TCR rose 0.7 from 3.2 in 2016 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 17.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484110 · Duncansville, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 125% of ind
- DART 3.9 DART
- RANK #109/194
- PHOTO Operative Cake
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 24 inj
- SIZE ~77 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Operative Cake (0.0 TCR gap)
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Altoona in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Altoona
5.6 TCR
- Operative Cake
Operative Cake
5.6 TCR
- TBC Trucking C
TBC Trucking Corp
5.6 TCR
- Bolingbrook -
Bolingbrook - GM
5.6 TCR
- 2511 JACOBSON
2511 JACOBSON TRANSPORTATION-2511
5.6 TCR
What this shows Altoona averages 5.6 TCR (125% of the General Freight Trucking,Local BLS benchmark).
Altoona TCR series: 2016=3.2 · 2017=17.2 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=4 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 4.5
Where Altoona falls in its industry
2,784 General Freight Trucking,Local establishmentsSafer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #109 safest of 194 General Freight Trucking,Local employers in Pennsylvania.
Altoona has more employees than the General Freight Trucking,Local median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.7 | 3.4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 17.2 | 17.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484110 · PA · Duncansville
2,784 General Freight Trucking,Local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 36 employers in Duncansville, 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 | Operative Cake | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TBC Trucking Corp | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bolingbrook - GM | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 2511 JACOBSON TRANSPORTATION-2511 | 5.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Middletown Egg | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | UGI Lancaster | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Transwall Office Systems | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Reynolds Enterprises, Inc. - Reynolds Construction, LLC (Harrisburg) | 77 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 4348 | 283 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Veeder-Root Company | 281 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Veeder-Root (Altoona) | 273 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4348 | 266 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Roma Steel Erection, Inc. | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Boar's Head - New Castle | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | National Distribution Centers LLC-3100 Prairie Valley Ct | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Reliable Tank Line - Charlotte | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Gil Harbin Plant | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sodexo at Chase Center on the Riverfront | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pulaski St. | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Aspen Transitional Rehab | 77 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.