Machine tools, metal cutting, manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Ferguson Perforating Co.

New Castle, PA · ~18 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ferguson Perforating Co. runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Machine tools, metal cutting, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Ferguson Perforating Co.: 2.0 TCR = 61% of Machine tools, metal cutting, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ferguson Perforating Co. safety composite

Ferguson Perforating Co. 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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

−8.3

2018→2024

Ferguson Perforating Co. injury rate improved

Ferguson Perforating Co.'s TCR fell 8.3 from 8.3 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=8.3 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333517 · New Castle, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 61% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/23
  • PHOTO W.F. Wells, Inc
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: W.F. Wells, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ferguson Perforating Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ferguson Perforating Co. averages 2.0 TCR (61% of the Machine tools, metal cutting, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ferguson Perforating Co. TCR series: 2018=8.3 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Ferguson Perforating Co. falls in its industry

391 Machine tools, metal cutting, establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 23 Machine tools, metal cutting, employers in Pennsylvania.

Ferguson Perforating Co. (18 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ferguson Perforating Co.
Ferguson Perforating Co. (18 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Ferguson Perforating Co. has fewer employees than the Machine tools, metal cutting, manufactur median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 5.7 5.7 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 8.3 4.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333517 · PA · New Castle

391 Machine tools, metal cutting, manufacturing 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. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR W.F. Wells, Inc 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Lincoln Electric Company - Reno 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Weiss-Aug East Hanover 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Gleason Works 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wheelabrator Frackville Energy Company Inc. 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Welders Supply Company 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE K/S Renewal Systems, LLC 430 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shoemaker Construction Company 18 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 Service Steel Aerospace - Canton OH 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Consolidated Electric Service, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Wheeler Services, Inc 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Carrollton Markets 2.0 TCR

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. 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.