Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing · Pennsylvania
Innovative Carbide
Irwin, PA · ~67 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Innovative Carbide runs at 106% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Innovative Carbide: 3.5 TCR = 106% of Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Innovative Carbide safety composite
Innovative Carbide scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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).
35/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.5 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Innovative Carbide: 4.1 → 4.6 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 7.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.32× in 2024
Innovative Carbide's TCR rose 0.5 from 4.1 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333514 · Irwin, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 106% of ind
- DART 4.6 DART
- RANK #24/39
- PHOTO Motorcycle Division
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 18 inj
- SIZE ~67 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Motorcycle Division (0.0 TCR gap)
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Innovative Carbide in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Innovative Carbide
3.5 TCR
- Motorcycle Div
Motorcycle Division
3.5 TCR
- Container Grap
Container Graphics OH
3.5 TCR
- Dienamic Tooli
Dienamic Tooling Systems
3.5 TCR
- Container Grap
Container Graphics JX
3.5 TCR
What this shows Innovative Carbide averages 3.5 TCR (106% of the Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Innovative Carbide TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=7.9 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=4 · 2024=4.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Innovative Carbide falls in its industry
387 Cutting dies, metalworking, ma establishmentsSafer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 39 Cutting dies, metalworking, ma employers in Pennsylvania.
Innovative Carbide has more employees than the Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturin median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333514 · PA · Irwin
387 Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 23 employers in Irwin, 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 | Motorcycle Division | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Container Graphics OH | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dienamic Tooling Systems | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Container Graphics JX | 3.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Metzler Forest Products LLC | 67 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MC OpCo, LLC | 67 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Seward Operating, LLC | 67 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | UGI Utilities Lancaster | 67 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The Nutrition Group | 4,406 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ATS | 399 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NDX ALBENSI | 138 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Motion Systems : Irwin | 128 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | B & H Manufacturing Company, Inc. | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Excel Truck Group Columbia | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Westampton Nj - 25 East Park | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sodexo at Eagle Point School District | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Southern Sector Health Initiative | 67 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Paramount Drywall, Inc | 67 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | GEO Specialty Chemicals - Deer Park | 67 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ndx, LLC | 67 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.