Hydraulic cylinders, fluid power, manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Burnside America Inc.

Chambersburg, PA · ~34 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
31.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Burnside America Inc. runs at 949% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hydraulic cylinders, fluid power, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Burnside America Inc.: 31.3 TCR = 949% of Hydraulic cylinders, fluid power, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Burnside America Inc. safety composite

Burnside America Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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).

F

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 31.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 16.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

−5.8

2022→2024

Burnside America Inc. injury rate improved

Burnside America Inc.'s TCR fell 5.8 from 34.0 in 2022 to 28.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 34.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=34.0 · 2023=31.8 · 2024=28.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333995 · Chambersburg, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 31.3 · 949% of ind

  • DART 16.9 DART
  • RANK P0
  • PHOTO Bobalee Hydraulics
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bobalee Hydraulics (14.5 TCR gap)

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Burnside America Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Burnside America Inc. averages 31.3 TCR (949% of the Hydraulic cylinders, fluid power, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Burnside America Inc. TCR series: 2022=34 · 2023=31.8 · 2024=28.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Burnside America Inc. falls in its industry

137 Hydraulic cylinders, fluid pow establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Burnside America Inc. (34 employees, TCR 31.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0100200300400 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Burnside America Inc.
Burnside America Inc. (34 employees, TCR 31.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Burnside America Inc. has fewer employees than the Hydraulic cylinders, fluid power, manufa median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 28.2 16.9 10 0 0
2023 31.8 20.2 11 0 0
2022 34.0 22.7 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333995 · PA · Chambersburg

137 Hydraulic cylinders, fluid power, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 144 employers in Chambersburg, 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 Bobalee Hydraulics 16.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Prince Manufacturing Corporation 13.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CUNNINGHAM MFG. CO. 11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dakota Mobile Hydraulics 9.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE 9288-250 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Col-Fin 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2328 N. Broad Street 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE YOUNGSVILLE 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chambersburg Hospital 2,034 FTE
CITY-NEAR WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital 2,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0589 - Chambersburg PA DC 1,299 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0589 - Chambersburg DC 1,049 FTE
NAT-TCR Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 048 Juvenile Detention Center 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Rockland Facility 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kemper Moving Systems 30.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Drake 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wellington House 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Williamston House 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Poplar Grove 34 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.