Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors · Pennsylvania

Bass Mechanical

Elizabethtown, PA · ~42 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bass Mechanical runs at 260% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Bass Mechanical: 7.3 TCR = 260% of Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bass Mechanical safety composite

Bass Mechanical scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−14.7

2016→2019

Bass Mechanical injury rate improved

Bass Mechanical's TCR fell 14.7 from 17.0 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 17.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=17.0 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · Elizabethtown, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 260% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #24/37
  • PHOTO Erectors - 01
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Erectors - 01 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bass Mechanical in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bass Mechanical averages 7.3 TCR (260% of the Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Bass Mechanical TCR series: 2016=17 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=2.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Bass Mechanical falls in its industry

705 Structural steel erecting or i establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 37 Structural steel erecting or i employers in Pennsylvania.

Bass Mechanical (42 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Bass Mechanical
Bass Mechanical (42 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Bass Mechanical has fewer employees than the Structural steel erecting or iron work c median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2018 7.5 3.8 4 0 0
2017 2.3 0.0 1 0 0
2016 17.0 0.0 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · PA · Elizabethtown

705 Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 47 employers in Elizabethtown, 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 Erectors - 01 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Flex Erect, LLC 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harpole Steel Buildings INC. 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unique Metal Fabrication, LLC 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Needhams Mushroom Farm 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE KSS Sales 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hy-Tech Mushroom Compost, Inc. 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hopewell Organics, LLC 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Masonic Villages at Elizabethtown 1,879 FTE
CITY-NEAR ELZ 327 FTE
CITY-NEAR 8010130 Mars Snackfood Elizabethtown 254 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - DPH7 248 FTE
NAT-TCR Nurturing Home Care-26-0287740 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR FOOD Share Inc. 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 2500 Bates Avenue 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Shopko Store #61 (St Cloud, MN (East)) 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rcrs Oh Weber East Herrick 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Flagstaff Forestry/IS 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Comm HVAC NA and EMEA : SVC-Gulf South District : SVC-Baton Rouge LA-USA 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5 North 11th Street 42 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, 2018, 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.