Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Custom Group, Custom Engineering Company

Erie, PA · ~120 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Custom Group, Custom Engineering Company runs at 389% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Custom Group, Custom Engineering Company: 12.8 TCR = 389% of Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Custom Group, Custom Engineering Company safety composite

Custom Group, Custom Engineering Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

F

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

Custom Group, Custom Engineering Company: 10.2 → 15.5 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 15.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.74× in 2017

Custom Group, Custom Engineering Company's TCR rose 5.4 from 10.2 in 2016 to 15.5 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Erie, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 12.8 · 389% of ind

  • DART 9.5 DART
  • RANK #84/91
  • PHOTO Steele Solutions Inc
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~120 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Steele Solutions Inc (0.1 TCR gap)

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Custom Group, Custom Engineering Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Custom Group, Custom Engineering Company averages 12.8 TCR (389% of the Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Custom Group, Custom Engineering Company TCR series: 2016=10.2 · 2017=15.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Custom Group, Custom Engineering Company falls in its industry

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #84 safest of 91 Structural steel, fabricated, employers in Pennsylvania.

Custom Group, Custom Engineering Company (120 employees, TCR 12.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Custom Group, Custom Engineering Company
Custom Group, Custom Engineering Company (120 employees, TCR 12.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Custom Group, Custom Engineering Company has more employees than the Structural steel, fabricated, manufactur median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2017 15.5 9.5 18 0 0
2016 10.2 1.6 12 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · PA · Erie

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 473 employers in Erie, 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 Steele Solutions Inc 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR MID SOUTH STEEL, INC 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metro Steel & Pipe Supply Inc 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR PLUM CORPORATION 13.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. - Springfield 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE Masonry 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keystone Fire Protections 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE TK Elevator King of Prussia 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain : Erie, PA 5,403 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Hamot 2,675 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wabtec-Erie 2,141 FTE
CITY-NEAR SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL 2,135 FTE
NAT-TCR ISLF - Westchester-Winter Park, LLC 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 1855-INEVA10 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Keller Products, Inc.-Wood Division 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Shelby County 12.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Peapod S&S Riverhead, Ny 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Highway 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE South 501 MNE8 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Arlington 120 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.