Machine shops · Pennsylvania

Ellwood National Forge

Irvine, PA · ~196 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ellwood National Forge runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade B.

Ellwood National Forge: 2.4 TCR = 73% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ellwood National Forge safety composite

Ellwood National Forge scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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

−1.8

2016→2024

Ellwood National Forge injury rate improved

Ellwood National Forge's TCR fell 1.8 from 3.4 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.4 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=3.9 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Irvine, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 73% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #48/177
  • PHOTO AccuForm Main Location
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 42 inj
  • SIZE ~196 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AccuForm Main Location (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ellwood National Forge in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ellwood National Forge averages 2.4 TCR (73% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Ellwood National Forge TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=3.9 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Ellwood National Forge falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 177 Machine shops employers in Pennsylvania.

Ellwood National Forge (196 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ellwood National Forge
Ellwood National Forge (196 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Ellwood National Forge has more employees than the Machine shops median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 1.6 0.0 3 0 0
2023 3.9 0.0 3 4 0
2022 0.5 0.0 1 0 0
2021 1.4 0.9 3 0 0
2020 1.6 0.4 4 0 0
2019 2.5 1.3 6 0 0
2018 2.7 1.4 6 0 0
2017 4.2 1.3 10 0 0
2016 3.4 0.8 6 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · PA · Irvine

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 6 employers in Irvine, 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 AccuForm Main Location 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tennessee Tool & Engineering, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stanfordville Machine & Mfg., Co., Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Berg Mfg 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE JWCF, LP 196 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kistler O'Brien Fire Protection 196 FTE
STATE-SIZE Team Ten LLC dba American Eagle Paper Mills 196 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pratt Industries, Allentown Corrugated, LLC 196 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bluestem Irvine Distribution Complex - South Bldg. 408 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bluestem Irvine Distribution Complex - North Bldg. 164 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ellwood Crankshaft Group 159 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ellwood National Crankshaft 129 FTE
NAT-TCR CertainTeed Claremont16 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR GARDINER 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Louis Dreyfus Company - Lov-Cot Warehouse 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR GLT International 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Slemco Lafayette 196 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Bakery 196 FTE
NAT-SIZE 600 Northern Blvd 196 FTE
NAT-SIZE Solo Cup Company Thomaston 196 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.