Transmission and distribution line construction · Pennsylvania
Henkels & McCoy, Pennsylvania - Blue Bell - Power
Blue Bell, PA · ~398 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Henkels & McCoy, Pennsylvania - Blue Bell - Power runs at 53% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Transmission and distribution line construction workplace, earning a grade B.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.5
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 2.8
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 52
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Henkels & McCoy, Pennsylvania - Blue Bell - Power's OSHA Total Case Rate of 1.5 to the Transmission and distribution line construction BLS benchmark of 2.8 (53% of benchmark) across 8 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Henkels & McCoy, Pennsylvania - Blue Bell - Power's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.8 industry benchmark.
Where Henkels & McCoy, Pennsylvania - Blue Bell - Power falls in its industry
1,948 Transmission and distribution establishmentsSafer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 65 Transmission and distribution employers in Pennsylvania.
Trend analysis for Henkels & McCoy, Pennsylvania - Blue Bell - Power
Between 2016 and 2024, Henkels & McCoy, Pennsylvania - Blue Bell - Power's Total Case Rate improved from 1.9 to 1.3 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 31% decrease across 8 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2023, at a TCR of 0.0, while 2019 saw the highest rate, at 2.0, a spread of 2.0 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 8 reporting years, Henkels & McCoy, Pennsylvania - Blue Bell - Power recorded 52 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 8-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 52 injuries, 1 illnesses shown on this page for Henkels & McCoy, Pennsylvania - Blue Bell - Power are sourced from its own 8 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 237130 - Transmission and distribution line construction.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
3 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 751,111 hours worked = 0.80 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Henkels & McCoy, Pennsylvania - Blue Bell - Power (this establishment) | 1.47 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 8-year avg |
| Substation and switching station, power transmission line, construction industry avg | 2.80 | BLS IIF, NAICS 237130 |
| Pennsylvania state avg (all industries) | 5.06 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Henkels & McCoy, Pennsylvania - Blue Bell - Power to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 5 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 11 reportable incidents · 11 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 11 reportable incidents · 11 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 6 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 8 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 8 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Henkels & McCoy, Pennsylvania - Blue Bell - Power's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Transmission and distribution line construction peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 53% of the Transmission and distribution line construction benchmark, Henkels & McCoy, Pennsylvania - Blue Bell - Power reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Transmission and distribution line construction sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.