Metals service centers · Pennsylvania
Ellwood Specialty Steel Company
New Castle, PA · ~53 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ellwood Specialty Steel Company runs at 157% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade D.
Ellwood Specialty Steel Company: 3.5 TCR = 157% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ellwood Specialty Steel Company safety composite
Ellwood Specialty Steel Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
53/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.45 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.56 per 100 workers
Safer than 54% 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
Ellwood Specialty Steel Company: 0.0 → 1.6 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 8.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.45× in 2022
Ellwood Specialty Steel Company's TCR rose 1.6 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.7 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423510 · New Castle, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 157% of ind
- DART 1.6 DART
- RANK #29/70
- PHOTO Tube Service - Milpi…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~53 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Tube Service - Milpitas (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ellwood Specialty Steel Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Ellwood Specialty Steel Company
3.5 TCR
- Tube Service -
Tube Service - Milpitas
3.5 TCR
- Alaskan Copper
Alaskan Copper, PDX
3.5 TCR
- Steel Warehous
Steel Warehouse of Ohio
3.4 TCR
- Central Plains
Central Plains Steel Co.
3.4 TCR
What this shows Ellwood Specialty Steel Company averages 3.5 TCR (157% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).
Ellwood Specialty Steel Company TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=8.7 · 2020=5.6 · 2021=3.1 · 2022=1.6 · BLS 2.2
Where Ellwood Specialty Steel Company falls in its industry
1,299 Metals service centers establishmentsSafer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 70 Metals service centers employers in Pennsylvania.
Ellwood Specialty Steel Company has more employees than the Metals service centers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.7 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423510 · PA · New Castle
1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 91 employers in New Castle, 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 | Tube Service - Milpitas | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Alaskan Copper, PDX | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Steel Warehouse of Ohio | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Central Plains Steel Co. | 3.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Appalachian Drillers, LLC | 53 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SUSSC Susquehanna Service Center | 53 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 301-NiSource-Uniontown PA | 53 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PHRG PHL- RIO | 53 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UPMC Jameson | 941 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DON | 805 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | New Castle | 534 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 2287 | 399 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | The Hospital of Central Connecticut - Bradley | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Maple Downs | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Innovent Technologies, LLC | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bloomington PN Clinic | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Texmark Chemicals Inc. | 53 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Intermodal Cartage Co. - Dallas | 53 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | KLS MCS East CH-7B | 53 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wheelabrator Saugus Inc. | 53 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.