Furnaces, warm air (i.e., forced air), manufacturing · Pennsylvania
Boyertown Furnace Company
Boyertown, PA · ~20 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Boyertown Furnace Company runs at 292% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Furnaces, warm air (i.e., forced air), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Boyertown Furnace Company: 9.6 TCR = 292% of Furnaces, warm air (i.e., forced air), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Boyertown Furnace Company safety composite
Boyertown Furnace Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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).
45/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.62 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 88% 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
−7.8
2016→2023
Boyertown Furnace Company injury rate improved
Boyertown Furnace Company's TCR fell 7.8 from 17.5 in 2016 to 9.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 17.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=17.5 · 2017=16.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=14.6 · 2023=9.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333415 · Boyertown, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 9.6 · 292% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #24/24
- PHOTO BITZER Scroll, Inc.
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~20 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: BITZER Scroll, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Boyertown Furnace Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Data Aire Inc.
Data Aire Inc.
9.8 TCR
- This site
Boyertown Furnace Company
9.6 TCR
- BITZER Scroll,
BITZER Scroll, Inc.
9.6 TCR
- Highland Refri
Highland Refrigeration
9.5 TCR
- Decorative Bar
Decorative Bark Manufacturer
9.5 TCR
What this shows Boyertown Furnace Company averages 9.6 TCR (292% of the Furnaces, warm air (i.e., forced air), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Boyertown Furnace Company TCR series: 2016=17.5 · 2017=16 · 2019=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=14.6 · 2023=9.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Boyertown Furnace Company falls in its industry
461 Furnaces, warm air (i.e., forc establishmentsSafer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 24 Furnaces, warm air (i.e., forc employers in Pennsylvania.
Boyertown Furnace Company has fewer employees than the Furnaces, warm air (i.e., forced air), m median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14.6 | 9.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 16.0 | 5.3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 17.5 | 5.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333415 · PA · Boyertown
461 Furnaces, warm air (i.e., forced air), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 28 employers in Boyertown, 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 | BITZER Scroll, Inc. | 9.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Highland Refrigeration | 9.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Decorative Bark Manufacturer | 9.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Data Aire Inc. | 9.8 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 | Drug Plastics and Glass Co., Inc. - Boyertown, PA | 267 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Global Advanced Metals | 172 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Chestnut Knoll | 92 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Redner's Warehouse Market Boyertown | 92 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | EMCO of Santa Fe, LLC | 9.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Milestone Employer - Southcenter, LLC | 9.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Linn Community Nursing Home Inc. | 9.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Village of Glenview Public Works | 9.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Branch 4 | 20 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | miller recycling corporation | 20 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Spring Market #721 | 20 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BIS-ODFL | 20 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.