Ducts for electrical switchboard apparatus manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Detroit Switch Inc.

Pittsburgh, PA · ~32 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Detroit Switch Inc. runs at 199% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ducts for electrical switchboard apparatus manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Detroit Switch Inc.: 6.6 TCR = 199% of Ducts for electrical switchboard apparatus manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Detroit Switch Inc. safety composite

Detroit Switch Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

−6.3

2017→2022

Detroit Switch Inc. injury rate improved

Detroit Switch Inc.'s TCR fell 6.3 from 9.7 in 2017 to 3.5 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 236.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.7 · 2021=236.4 · 2022=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335313 · Pittsburgh, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.6 · 199% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #21/22
  • PHOTO Sandy Lake Plant
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sandy Lake Plant (0.3 TCR gap)

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Detroit Switch Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Detroit Switch Inc. averages 6.6 TCR (199% of the Ducts for electrical switchboard apparatus manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Detroit Switch Inc. TCR series: 2017=9.7 · 2021=236.4 · 2022=3.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Detroit Switch Inc. falls in its industry

226 Ducts for electrical switchboa establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 22 Ducts for electrical switchboa employers in Pennsylvania.

Detroit Switch Inc. (32 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 115 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 0200400600 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Detroit Switch Inc.
Detroit Switch Inc. (32 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 115 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Detroit Switch Inc. has fewer employees than the Ducts for electrical switchboard apparat median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2022 3.5 3.5 1 0 0
2021 236.4 118.2 2 0 0
2017 9.7 6.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335313 · PA · Pittsburgh

226 Ducts for electrical switchboard apparatus manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 1,170 employers in Pittsburgh, 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 Sandy Lake Plant 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Electrical and Motor Controls, LLC 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Horlick Co., Inc. 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR S&C Electric Company Franklin 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE KNOUSE FRUITLANDS, INC. 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Paramount Mushroom Farms LLC 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wharf 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE DAJ Mushroom 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR United States Steel COrporation 15,229 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Pittsburgh- Oakland 14,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (PUH) 13,900 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Pittsburgh-Oakland 13,208 FTE
NAT-TCR Stormville 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR P2P 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Bed Bath and Beyond Delray Beach 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 6458-ZNAL 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Headquarters 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Commonwealth Building Company Inc. 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Danecraft Inc 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE California & Hawaii Foliage Growers 32 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: 2022, 2021, 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.