Brick veneer, installation · Pennsylvania

Franco Associates

Pittsburgh, PA · ~92 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Franco Associates runs at 253% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Brick veneer, installation workplace, earning a grade F.

Franco Associates: 7.1 TCR = 253% of Brick veneer, installation BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Franco Associates safety composite

Franco Associates scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.7

2016→2024

Franco Associates injury rate improved

Franco Associates's TCR fell 4.7 from 9.4 in 2016 to 4.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.4 · 2018=6.9 · 2022=7.4 · 2023=7.1 · 2024=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238140 · Pittsburgh, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 253% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #31/47
  • PHOTO Kepler Masonry
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~92 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kepler Masonry (0.0 TCR gap)

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Franco Associates in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Franco Associates averages 7.1 TCR (253% of the Brick veneer, installation BLS benchmark).

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

Franco Associates TCR series: 2016=9.4 · 2018=6.9 · 2022=7.4 · 2023=7.1 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Franco Associates falls in its industry

703 Brick veneer, installation establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 47 Brick veneer, installation employers in Pennsylvania.

Franco Associates (92 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Franco Associates
Franco Associates (92 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Franco Associates has more employees than the Brick veneer, installation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2024 4.7 1.9 5 0 0
2023 7.1 1.8 8 0 0
2022 7.4 4.0 11 0 0
2018 6.9 0.0 6 0 0
2016 9.4 7.8 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238140 · PA · Pittsburgh

703 Brick veneer, installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 1,170 employers in Pittsburgh, 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 Kepler Masonry 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Desert Plastering, LLC 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ronnie DeMeo Construction Inc. 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR DK Masonry & Concrete, LLC 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mechanicsburg Warehouse 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Blue Rock Construction Inc. 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bolger Brothers, Inc. 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE ALLISON PARK CONTRACTORS INC 92 FTE
CITY-NEAR United States Steel COrporation 15,229 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Pittsburgh- Oakland 14,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (PUH) 13,900 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Pittsburgh-Oakland 13,208 FTE
NAT-TCR Superior Boiler, LLC 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Photofabrication Engineering Inc. 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Hall Electrical Services, Inc. 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR The Christian Village 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Opera House Operator 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Otis Elevator Company-San Antonio 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fred Wahl Marine Construction, Inc. 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Normal Marriott 92 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 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.