Guards, bannisters, and railings, sheet metal, manufacturing · Pennsylvania
Hanover Iron Works
Hanover, PA · ~90 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hanover Iron Works runs at 110% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Guards, bannisters, and railings, sheet metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Hanover Iron Works: 3.6 TCR = 110% of Guards, bannisters, and railings, sheet metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Hanover Iron Works safety composite
Hanover Iron Works scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% 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).
54/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 0.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Hanover Iron Works: 1.3 → 4.6 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 7.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.25× in 2024
Hanover Iron Works's TCR rose 3.3 from 1.3 in 2017 to 4.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332323 · Hanover, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 110% of ind
- DART 0.9 DART
- RANK #12/32
- PHOTO Safespan Scaffolding…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 27 inj
- SIZE ~90 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Safespan Scaffolding, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Hanover Iron Works in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Mullet's Alumi
Mullet's Aluminum Products Inc
3.7 TCR
- This site
Hanover Iron Works
3.6 TCR
- Safespan Scaff
Safespan Scaffolding, LLC
3.6 TCR
- Etna, PA
Etna, PA
3.6 TCR
- JBC STEEL PROD
JBC STEEL PRODUCTS
3.6 TCR
What this shows Hanover Iron Works averages 3.6 TCR (110% of the Guards, bannisters, and railings, sheet metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Hanover Iron Works TCR series: 2017=1.3 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=7.3 · 2021=2.3 · 2022=6.1 · 2024=4.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Hanover Iron Works falls in its industry
309 Guards, bannisters, and railin establishmentsSafer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 32 Guards, bannisters, and railin employers in Pennsylvania.
Hanover Iron Works has more employees than the Guards, bannisters, and railings, sheet median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.1 | 1.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.3 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332323 · PA · Hanover
309 Guards, bannisters, and railings, sheet metal, 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 | Safespan Scaffolding, LLC | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Etna, PA | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mullet's Aluminum Products Inc | 3.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | JBC STEEL PRODUCTS | 3.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Mechanicsburg Call Center | 90 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ten Mile Paving, LLC | 90 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | J.C. Lee Construction & Supply Co., Inc. | 90 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bollinger Electric, Inc. | 90 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 | Store 398 | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Store 249 | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rockmart | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 422 - Chicago Public Schools Il | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | McAdams Graphics | 90 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Allen Steam Station | 90 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lake Buena Vista Complex | 90 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Front Runner Logistics, LLC | 90 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.