Machine shops · Pennsylvania

Erie Forge and Steel Inc.

Erie, PA · ~78 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Erie Forge and Steel Inc. runs at 262% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade F.

Erie Forge and Steel Inc.: 8.7 TCR = 262% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Erie Forge and Steel Inc. safety composite

Erie Forge and Steel Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

−1.3

2016→2019

Erie Forge and Steel Inc. injury rate improved

Erie Forge and Steel Inc.'s TCR fell 1.3 from 7.6 in 2016 to 6.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.1 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.6 · 2018=12.1 · 2019=6.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Erie, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.7 · 262% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #148/177
  • PHOTO Kooima Company LLC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kooima Company LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Erie Forge and Steel Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Erie Forge and Steel Inc. averages 8.7 TCR (262% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Erie Forge and Steel Inc. TCR series: 2016=7.6 · 2018=12.1 · 2019=6.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Erie Forge and Steel Inc. falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 11% 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 #148 safest of 177 Machine shops employers in Pennsylvania.

Erie Forge and Steel Inc. (78 employees, TCR 8.7) 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 Erie Forge and Steel Inc.
Erie Forge and Steel Inc. (78 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Erie Forge and Steel Inc. has more employees than the Machine shops median and a higher 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
2019 6.3 2.5 5 0 0
2018 12.1 3.6 10 0 0
2016 7.6 4.3 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · PA · Erie

1,821 Machine shops 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 Kooima Company LLC 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR HitchDoc 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Duratrack 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zeeland Headquarters 8.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Manheim Egg 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE UGI Penn Natural Gas Archbald 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charter Homes Building Company, Inc. 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bath Saver, Inc. 5 78 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 The Lodge of Four Seeasons, LLC 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR MBTECHNOLOGY,INC 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Evansville DSH 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Norwesco Sheldon 8.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Comm HVAC NA and EMEA : SVC-Carolina District : SVC-GreenvilleSC-USA 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Comm HVAC NA and EMEA : SVC-MD/PA District : SVC-Baltimore MD-USA 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amh 100 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bent County Healthcare Center 78 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: 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.