Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade · Pennsylvania

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Ridgway

Ridgway, PA · ~20 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Ridgway runs at 40% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade A.

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Ridgway: 1.3 TCR = 40% of Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Ridgway safety composite

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Ridgway scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Ridgway held a steady TCR band

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Ridgway's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=6.2 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332811 · Ridgway, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 40% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/13
  • PHOTO INTA Technologies Co…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: INTA Technologies Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Ridgway in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Ridgway averages 1.3 TCR (40% of the Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Ridgway TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=6.2 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Ridgway falls in its industry

248 Heat treating metals and metal establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 13 Heat treating metals and metal employers in Pennsylvania.

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Ridgway (20 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Ridgway
Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Ridgway (20 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Ridgway has fewer employees than the Heat treating metals and metal products median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 6.2 0.0 1 0 0
2019 4.4 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · PA · Ridgway

248 Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 46 employers in Ridgway, 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 INTA Technologies Corporation 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR East-Lind Heat Treat, Inc 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Haltom City 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR PTI 2 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE VanBlarcom 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Matterns Hatchery 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brookfield Renewable - Holtwood 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Springdale 3,4,5 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Helpmates - Huntingdon 386 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Axle & Manufacturing Ridgway 363 FTE
CITY-NEAR Helpmates - Crawford 361 FTE
CITY-NEAR Helpmates - Warren 354 FTE
NAT-TCR Oakwood Care Center 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Amigo Management Company 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 1660 Kenneth Drive 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR DiSabatino Construction Company 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Houston Heat Treat 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thorstad Construction Co. Inc 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE C&S Distributing, Inc 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Columbia DREMC 20 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.