Distribution of natural gas · Pennsylvania

Altoona

Altoona, PA · ~36 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Altoona runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Distribution of natural gas workplace, earning a grade D.

Altoona: 1.5 TCR = 128% of Distribution of natural gas BLS 1.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Altoona safety composite

Altoona scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−3.3

2016→2024

Altoona injury rate improved

Altoona's TCR fell 3.3 from 3.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.3 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=3.0 · 2021=6.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Altoona, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 1.5 · 128% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #16/59
  • PHOTO AGLC Rome Service Ce…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AGLC Rome Service Center (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

TCR

What this shows Altoona averages 1.5 TCR (128% of the Distribution of natural gas BLS benchmark).

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

Altoona TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=3 · 2021=6 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Altoona falls in its industry

1,153 Distribution of natural gas establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

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 59 Distribution of natural gas employers in Pennsylvania.

Altoona (36 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 Altoona
Altoona (36 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Altoona has fewer employees than the Distribution of natural gas median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 6.0 3.0 2 0 0
2019 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 3.3 3.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · PA · Altoona

1,153 Distribution of natural gas employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 120 employers in Altoona, 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 AGLC Rome Service Center 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jacksonville Operations Center 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR ASHTABULA SHOP LAKESHORE 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CenterPoint Energy - Broussard 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE George Didden Greenhouses, Inc. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE UGI Penn Natural Gas Williamsport 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE TIS - PA - Fairless Hills 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Day Pittsburgh/Erie 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pyramid Healthcare Inc 3,019 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Altoona 2,407 FTE
CITY-NEAR Home Nursing Agency and Visiting Nurse Association 785 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Altoona Regional Health Services Inc 606 FTE
NAT-TCR Owen Contracting, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Discover Fin Svcs Riverwoods 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Crane Construction Company 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Raytheon_Farmington_NM_Dine 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Weldstar - Aurora 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jordan Contracting, Inc. 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE X-F Construction Services, Inc. 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 037 36 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.