Welding wire or rods (i.e., coated, cored) manufacturing · Pennsylvania

ESAB Group - Hanover

Hanover, PA · ~198 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ESAB Group - Hanover runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Welding wire or rods (i.e., coated, cored) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

ESAB Group - Hanover: 2.5 TCR = 75% of Welding wire or rods (i.e., coated, cored) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ESAB Group - Hanover safety composite

ESAB Group - Hanover scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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).

D

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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%).

ESAB Group - Hanover held a steady TCR band

ESAB Group - Hanover's TCR held near 0.3 from 2.9 in 2016 to 2.6 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.9 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333992 · Hanover, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 75% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #1/5
  • PHOTO The Lincoln Electric…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~198 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Lincoln Electric Company - Euclid (0.0 TCR gap)

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ESAB Group - Hanover in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ESAB Group - Hanover averages 2.5 TCR (75% of the Welding wire or rods (i.e., coated, cored) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

ESAB Group - Hanover TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=2.6 · BLS 3.3

Where ESAB Group - Hanover falls in its industry

129 Welding wire or rods (i.e., co establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 5 Welding wire or rods (i.e., co employers in Pennsylvania.

ESAB Group - Hanover (198 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate ESAB Group - Hanover
ESAB Group - Hanover (198 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 2.8

ESAB Group - Hanover has more employees than the Welding wire or rods (i.e., coated, core median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2020 2.6 1.3 6 0 0
2019 1.8 0.7 4 1 0
2016 2.9 2.0 5 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333992 · PA · Hanover

129 Welding wire or rods (i.e., coated, cored) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 149 employers in Hanover, 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 The Lincoln Electric Company - Euclid 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sciaky, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Easom Automation Systems, Inc 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lincoln Electric Automation Bettendorf 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Michels Power- PA 198 FTE
STATE-SIZE USA PA Horsham Blair Mill Rd 198 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michel's Bakery Inc. 198 FTE
STATE-SIZE Quotient Sciences Philadelphia, LLC 198 FTE
CITY-NEAR CARTER DOOR & MILLWORK HUB 389 4,102 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hanover Manufacturing Campus 1,446 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Hanover 1,090 FTE
CITY-NEAR Snyders-Lance, Inc.- Hanover Manufacturing Facility 850 FTE
NAT-TCR James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - FEDEX 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Hoilday Inn Express 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Health First Medical Group 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR SFO 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Prairie Farms Dairy 198 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rivega, LLC. 198 FTE
NAT-SIZE Symphony of Crestwood 198 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ems Stations 198 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: 2020, 2019, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.