Transesterification of vegetable oils to produce fuels or fuel additives · Pennsylvania

Hero BX - Erie

Erie, PA · ~59 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hero BX - Erie runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Transesterification of vegetable oils to produce fuels or fuel additives workplace, earning a grade D.

Hero BX - Erie: 5.0 TCR = 153% of Transesterification of vegetable oils to produce fuels or fuel additives BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hero BX - Erie safety composite

Hero BX - Erie scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

−0.4

2019→2024

Hero BX - Erie injury rate improved

Hero BX - Erie's TCR fell 0.4 from 5.6 in 2019 to 5.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 11.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=5.6 · 2020=11.1 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=8.3 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325199 · Erie, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 153% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #31/34
  • PHOTO IDT San Diego
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: IDT San Diego (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hero BX - Erie in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hero BX - Erie averages 5.0 TCR (153% of the Transesterification of vegetable oils to produce fuels or fuel additives BLS benchmark).

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

Hero BX - Erie TCR series: 2019=5.6 · 2020=11.1 · 2021=0 · 2022=8.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Hero BX - Erie falls in its industry

552 Transesterification of vegetab establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 34 Transesterification of vegetab employers in Pennsylvania.

Hero BX - Erie (59 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 02004006008001,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Hero BX - Erie
Hero BX - Erie (59 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Hero BX - Erie has fewer employees than the Transesterification of vegetable oils to median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 5.2 3.5 3 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 8.3 8.3 5 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 11.1 4.4 5 0 0
2019 5.6 3.7 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325199 · PA · Erie

552 Transesterification of vegetable oils to produce fuels or fuel additives employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 473 employers in Erie, 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 IDT San Diego 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Anderson 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Fort Worth 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dystar LP Reidsville Plant 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dan Schantz Greenhouse (Pipersville, PA) 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Creek Nurseries, Inc. 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eddystone Generating Station 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE S&A Homes, Inc. 59 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain : Erie, PA 5,403 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Hamot 2,675 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wabtec-Erie 2,141 FTE
CITY-NEAR SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL 2,135 FTE
NAT-TCR 1015 - BELFOR Seattle WA 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Stoneway Electric Supply-Br 206 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 21 Denver Yard 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Landmark South Nursing and Rehabilitation 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 61 Morgan Services Dayton 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Fresh Market 014 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Fresh Market 019 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Fresh Market 043 59 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, 2020, 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.