Tubing, flexible metal, manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Defiance Metal Products

Bedford, PA · ~148 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

Defiance Metal Products runs at 248% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Tubing, flexible metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Defiance Metal Products: 8.2 TCR = 248% of Tubing, flexible metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Defiance Metal Products safety composite

Defiance Metal Products scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.5

2017→2023

Defiance Metal Products injury rate improved

Defiance Metal Products's TCR fell 6.5 from 13.4 in 2017 to 6.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 13.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=13.4 · 2018=4.2 · 2023=6.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332999 · Bedford, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 248% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #42/52
  • PHOTO Kooima Ag Inc
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 33 inj
  • SIZE ~148 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kooima Ag Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Pennsylvania employers → · Look up another →

Defiance Metal Products in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Defiance Metal Products averages 8.2 TCR (248% of the Tubing, flexible metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Defiance Metal Products TCR series: 2017=13.4 · 2018=4.2 · 2023=6.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Defiance Metal Products falls in its industry

827 Tubing, flexible metal, manufa establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 52 Tubing, flexible metal, manufa employers in Pennsylvania.

Defiance Metal Products (148 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Defiance Metal Products
Defiance Metal Products (148 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Defiance Metal Products has more employees than the Tubing, flexible metal, 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
2023 6.9 3.8 11 0 0
2018 4.2 1.8 7 0 0
2017 13.4 6.3 15 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332999 · PA · Bedford

827 Tubing, flexible metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 43 employers in Bedford, 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 Kooima Ag Inc 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Backyard Buddy, LLC 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Concise Industries 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plant 2 8.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Raccoon Service Center 148 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1100 State Street 148 FTE
STATE-SIZE USA PA Allentown 148 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fazio Mechanical Services - Pennsylvania 148 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6047 937 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6047 831 FTE
CITY-NEAR Omni Bedford Springs Resort 494 FTE
CITY-NEAR Omni Bedford Springs 470 FTE
NAT-TCR Johnson City 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Taylor Brothers 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Empire Merchants North-Coxsackie 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Club at Raider Ranch 8.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE HEI SM Plant 148 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goodrich Corporation (Jacksonville FL) 148 FTE
NAT-SIZE USM Store #545 (United) 148 FTE
NAT-SIZE USM Store #549 (United) 148 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: 2023, 2018, 2017. 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.