Employer · Pennsylvania
Blair Image Elements
Altoona, PA · ~221 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Blair Image Elements runs at 69% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade B.
Blair Image Elements: 2.3 TCR = 69% of industry BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Blair Image Elements safety composite
Blair Image Elements scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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).
52/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.27 per 100 workers
Safer than 69% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Blair Image Elements: 1.4 → 3.2 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 3.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.05× in 2020
Blair Image Elements's TCR rose 1.8 from 1.4 in 2019 to 3.2 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 339950 · Altoona, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 69% of ind
- DART 2.4 DART
- RANK #5/16
- PHOTO R HENRY INC
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~221 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: R HENRY INC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Blair Image Elements in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Blair Image Elements
2.3 TCR
- R HENRY INC
R HENRY INC
2.3 TCR
- Trademark Visu
Trademark Visual Inc
2.3 TCR
- Ziglin Signs I
Ziglin Signs Inc
2.3 TCR
- Rainey Electro
Rainey Electronics, Inc.
2.2 TCR
What this shows Blair Image Elements averages 2.3 TCR (69% of the industry BLS benchmark).
Blair Image Elements TCR series: 2019=1.4 · 2020=3.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Blair Image Elements falls in its industry
405 industry establishmentsSafer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 16 industry employers in Pennsylvania.
Blair Image Elements has more employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
339950 · PA · Altoona
405 industry 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 | R HENRY INC | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trademark Visual Inc | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ziglin Signs Inc | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rainey Electronics, Inc. | 2.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Shell Franklin Monaca PA - BIS | 221 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Williamsport Site | 221 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WILLIAMSPORT PLANT | 221 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Veltek Associates, Inc. | 221 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 | American Woodmark Corp. | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | LKC Queens Blvd. | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jacksons Food Stores Arizona Convenience Stores | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Carpenter Pole and Piling | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | King Kullen Grocery Co, Inc. | 221 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ESJH Doctors Bldg. 5673 | 221 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | FormFactor Inc. | 221 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Volunteer Behavioral Health Care Services-Mufreesboro Corporate | 221 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.