Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Herkules

Ford City, PA · ~131 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Herkules runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Herkules: 2.2 TCR = 67% of Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Herkules safety composite

Herkules scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% 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).

C

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.4

2017→2019

Herkules injury rate improved

Herkules's TCR fell 1.4 from 2.9 in 2017 to 1.5 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.9 · 2019=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333517 · Ford City, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 67% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/23
  • PHOTO Appleton Grp LLC Ste…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~131 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Appleton Grp LLC Stephenville (0.0 TCR gap)

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Herkules in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Herkules averages 2.2 TCR (67% of the Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Herkules TCR series: 2017=2.9 · 2019=1.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Herkules falls in its industry

391 Sheet metal forming machines m establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 23 Sheet metal forming machines m employers in Pennsylvania.

Herkules (131 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Herkules
Herkules (131 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Herkules has more employees than the Sheet metal forming machines manufacturi median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2019 1.5 0.0 2 0 0
2017 2.9 1.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333517 · PA · Ford City

391 Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 7 employers in Ford City, 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 Appleton Grp LLC Stephenville 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR FISCHER USA, INC. 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR CNC Router & Plasma INC 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Star SU Fellows Cutter 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bazella Group 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harris Masonry, Inc 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE D24 Pittsburgh 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Zentis NA - Philadelphia 131 FTE
CITY-NEAR Allegheny Health Network Home Medical Equipment, LLC 207 FTE
CITY-NEAR Klingensmith, Inc 169 FTE
CITY-NEAR KPM Herkules USA 113 FTE
CITY-NEAR Henkels & McCoy, Inc - Ford City 83 FTE
NAT-TCR PSC Metals, Inc. - Barberton 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Mervis Plastics - Indy 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Independence Tube Decatur 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Yadkin Nursing Care Center, Inc. 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Blair Facilities 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Arms Trucking Co. 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Thief River Falls 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE Intown Suites 131 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: 2019, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.