Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing · Pennsylvania
Bigbee Steel & Tank Company
Manheim, PA · ~126 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Bigbee Steel & Tank Company runs at 232% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.7
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 14
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Bigbee Steel & Tank Company's OSHA Total Case Rate of 7.7 to the Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark of 3.3 (232% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Bigbee Steel & Tank Company's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Bigbee Steel & Tank Company falls in its industry
380 Water tanks, heavy gauge metal establishmentsSafer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 23 Water tanks, heavy gauge metal employers in Pennsylvania.
Trend analysis for Bigbee Steel & Tank Company
Between 2017 and 2018, Bigbee Steel & Tank Company's Total Case Rate improved from 9.3 to 6.0 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 36% decrease across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2018, at a TCR of 6.0, while 2017 saw the highest rate, at 9.3, a spread of 3.3 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Bigbee Steel & Tank Company recorded 14 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-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 14 injuries, 3 illnesses shown on this page for Bigbee Steel & Tank Company are sourced from its own 2 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 332420 - Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2018)
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.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 233,666 hours worked = 0.86 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bigbee Steel & Tank Company (this establishment) | 7.67 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 332420 |
| 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 Bigbee Steel & Tank Company 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.
- 2018: 7 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 10 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6.0 | 0.9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9.3 | 5.6 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Bigbee Steel & Tank Company's reported OSHA injury record versus its Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 232% of the Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing benchmark, Bigbee Steel & Tank Company reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
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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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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.