Aluminum ladders manufacturing · Pennsylvania
Cotterman Company - Pennsylvania Division
Mechanicsburg, PA · ~36 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 16.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Cotterman Company - Pennsylvania Division runs at 503% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Aluminum ladders manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Cotterman Company - Pennsylvania Division: 16.6 TCR = 503% of Aluminum ladders manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Cotterman Company - Pennsylvania Division safety composite
Cotterman Company - Pennsylvania Division scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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).
14/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 16.61 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 21.15 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Cotterman Company - Pennsylvania Division: 12.1 → 21.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 21.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.27× in 2024
Cotterman Company - Pennsylvania Division's TCR rose 9.1 from 12.1 in 2023 to 21.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332999 · Mechanicsburg, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 16.6 · 503% of ind
- DART 21.1 DART
- RANK #50/52
- PHOTO Product Fabricators
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~36 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Product Fabricators (0.1 TCR gap)
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Cotterman Company - Pennsylvania Division in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Corchran, Inc.
Corchran, Inc.
17 TCR
- This site
Cotterman Company - Pennsylvania Division
16.6 TCR
- Product Fabric
Product Fabricators
16.6 TCR
- EAU CLAIRE PAL
EAU CLAIRE PALLET RACK - 1008
16.4 TCR
- Cleco
Cleco
16.2 TCR
What this shows Cotterman Company - Pennsylvania Division averages 16.6 TCR (503% of the Aluminum ladders manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Cotterman Company - Pennsylvania Division TCR series: 2023=12.1 · 2024=21.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Cotterman Company - Pennsylvania Division falls in its industry
827 Aluminum ladders manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #50 safest of 52 Aluminum ladders manufacturing employers in Pennsylvania.
Cotterman Company - Pennsylvania Division has fewer employees than the Aluminum ladders manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21.1 | 21.1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12.1 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332999 · PA · Mechanicsburg
827 Aluminum ladders manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 219 employers in Mechanicsburg, 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 | Product Fabricators | 16.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | EAU CLAIRE PALLET RACK - 1008 | 16.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cleco | 16.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Corchran, Inc. | 17.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | George Didden Greenhouses, Inc. | 36 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Altoona | 36 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | UGI Penn Natural Gas Williamsport | 36 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | TIS - PA - Fairless Hills | 36 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg PA | 2,769 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | EFC3 | 740 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HARRISBURG (PAMBG) | 701 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PAMBG - HARRISBURG | 606 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Alflo - Florence Center | 16.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Moran Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | 16.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fraser Shipyards, LLC | 16.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Caflisch Pallet & Wood Services, Inc. | 16.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Stock Yards Charlotte | 36 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Basilius, Inc | 36 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | B&L sheet metal and roofing | 36 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | KBP Coil Coaters inc. | 36 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.