Lead oxides (except pigments) manufacturing · Pennsylvania
Hammond Lead Products - Pottstown Plant
Pottstown, PA · ~40 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hammond Lead Products - Pottstown Plant runs at 278% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Lead oxides (except pigments) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Hammond Lead Products - Pottstown Plant: 9.2 TCR = 278% of Lead oxides (except pigments) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Hammond Lead Products - Pottstown Plant safety composite
Hammond Lead Products - Pottstown Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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).
15/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.18 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.56 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Hammond Lead Products - Pottstown Plant: 2.3 → 7.6 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 29.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.82× in 2024
Hammond Lead Products - Pottstown Plant's TCR rose 5.3 from 2.3 in 2016 to 7.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 29.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325180 · Pottstown, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 9.2 · 278% of ind
- DART 7.6 DART
- RANK #15/15
- PHOTO Colorado Salt Produc…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 20 inj
- SIZE ~40 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Colorado Salt Products, LLC (0.1 TCR gap)
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Hammond Lead Products - Pottstown Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Nyacol Nano Te
Nyacol Nano Technologies, Inc.
9.3 TCR
- This site
Hammond Lead Products - Pottstown Plant
9.2 TCR
- Colorado Salt
Colorado Salt Products, LLC
9 TCR
- APL Engineered
APL Engineered Materials, Inc.
8.8 TCR
- Sealy Plant
Sealy Plant
8.8 TCR
What this shows Hammond Lead Products - Pottstown Plant averages 9.2 TCR (278% of the Lead oxides (except pigments) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Hammond Lead Products - Pottstown Plant TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=14 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=9.5 · 2022=29.8 · 2023=6.7 · 2024=7.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Hammond Lead Products - Pottstown Plant falls in its industry
418 Lead oxides (except pigments) establishmentsSafer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 15 Lead oxides (except pigments) employers in Pennsylvania.
Hammond Lead Products - Pottstown Plant has fewer employees than the Lead oxides (except pigments) manufactur 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.7 | 3.4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 29.8 | 29.8 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325180 · PA · Pottstown
418 Lead oxides (except pigments) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 110 employers in Pottstown, 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 | Colorado Salt Products, LLC | 9.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nyacol Nano Technologies, Inc. | 9.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | APL Engineered Materials, Inc. | 8.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sealy Plant | 8.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | CNB Mushroom, LLC | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ASA Mushroom LLC | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Conard-Pyle Co. | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Coastal Greenhouses, LLC -PA | 40 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pottstown Hospital LLC | 888 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Limerick Generating Station | 775 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pottstown Plant | 328 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Buckman's Inc. | 316 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | North American Fire Hose Corp | 9.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Portside Towers | 9.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hopkins Auto Body | 9.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fox Run Village | 9.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Hope Haven Herriman St. | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Compass HQ | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Russell Landscape Florida- Destin | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sidco Filter Company | 40 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.