Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Hards Fabrication & Welding, Inc.

Seneca, PA · ~25 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hards Fabrication & Welding, Inc. runs at 162% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Hards Fabrication & Welding, Inc.: 5.3 TCR = 162% of Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hards Fabrication & Welding, Inc. safety composite

Hards Fabrication & Welding, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−15.9

2019→2024

Hards Fabrication & Welding, Inc. injury rate improved

Hards Fabrication & Welding, Inc.'s TCR fell 15.9 from 19.4 in 2019 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 19.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=19.4 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332313 · Seneca, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 162% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #19/38
  • PHOTO Norlen Incorporated …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Norlen Incorporated - Schofield Location (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hards Fabrication & Welding, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hards Fabrication & Welding, Inc. averages 5.3 TCR (162% of the Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Hards Fabrication & Welding, Inc. TCR series: 2019=19.4 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Hards Fabrication & Welding, Inc. falls in its industry

449 Plate work (e.g., bending, cut establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 38 Plate work (e.g., bending, cut employers in Pennsylvania.

Hards Fabrication & Welding, Inc. (25 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Hards Fabrication & Welding, Inc.
Hards Fabrication & Welding, Inc. (25 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Hards Fabrication & Welding, Inc. has fewer employees than the Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punc median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 3.6 0.0 1 0 0
2023 3.7 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 19.4 7.8 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332313 · PA · Seneca

449 Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 7 employers in Seneca, 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 Norlen Incorporated - Schofield Location 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sandy Lick Location - SandyLick 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harbor Fab Benton Arkansas 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Anaconda Foundry Fabrication Co. Inc 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer New Holland NHL1 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hunterstown Power Generation 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Power Producer 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Warren Electric Cooperative, Inc. 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Northwest 810 FTE
CITY-NEAR Matric 278 FTE
CITY-NEAR PAFRA - FRANKLIN 64 FTE
CITY-NEAR FRANKLIN (PAFRA) 58 FTE
NAT-TCR Franklin Feedmill 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Little Rock Shop AR FXFE-LITS 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Blue Sky Pest Control 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Richmond VA FXFE-RCH 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE AB Mauri - Wilsonville 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dalton Gardens 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dayton Fairfield Inn 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advance Ready Mix Corporate office 25 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, 2021, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.