Magnesium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Esm Group Inc. - Saxonburg

Saxonburg, PA · ~37 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Esm Group Inc. - Saxonburg runs at 165% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Magnesium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Esm Group Inc. - Saxonburg: 5.4 TCR = 165% of Magnesium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Esm Group Inc. - Saxonburg safety composite

Esm Group Inc. - Saxonburg scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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%).

Esm Group Inc. - Saxonburg held a steady TCR band

Esm Group Inc. - Saxonburg's TCR held near 0.0 from 5.4 in 2016 to 5.4 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.4 TCR. In 2017, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.4 · 2017=5.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325180 · Saxonburg, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 165% of ind

  • DART 5.4 DART
  • RANK #11/15
  • PHOTO GAC Chemical Inc
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GAC Chemical Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Esm Group Inc. - Saxonburg in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Esm Group Inc. - Saxonburg averages 5.4 TCR (165% of the Magnesium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Esm Group Inc. - Saxonburg TCR series: 2016=5.4 · 2017=5.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Esm Group Inc. - Saxonburg falls in its industry

418 Magnesium compounds, not speci establishments

Safer than 11% 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 #11 safest of 15 Magnesium compounds, not speci employers in Pennsylvania.

Esm Group Inc. - Saxonburg (37 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 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 0100200300400500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Esm Group Inc. - Saxonburg
Esm Group Inc. - Saxonburg (37 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Esm Group Inc. - Saxonburg has fewer employees than the Magnesium compounds, not specified elsew 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
2017 5.4 5.4 2 0 0
2016 5.4 5.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325180 · PA · Saxonburg

418 Magnesium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 28 employers in Saxonburg, 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 GAC Chemical Inc 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Current Lighting Ivanhoe Road Plant 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dallas Group of America 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR EnerG2 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Packing 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Packing House 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Adams Electric Cooperative Inc. Headquarters Office 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Claverack REC - Wysox 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Coherent Corp. 533 FTE
CITY-NEAR II-VI INC. 474 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brayman Construction Corporation 396 FTE
CITY-NEAR 985 Sxb1000 371 FTE
NAT-TCR Rai Crew Ind 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 0536 - Jensen Beach, Fl 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR JB3 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR IL-Chicago-Operating Center 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Clarion Suites 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0337 - Hempstead, Ny 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0225 - Mc Allen, Tx 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0093 - Springfield, Mo 37 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: 2017, 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.