Machine shops · Pennsylvania

J&L Precision Machine Co. Inc.

Bethlehem, PA · ~28 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

J&L Precision Machine Co. Inc. runs at 212% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade F.

J&L Precision Machine Co. Inc.: 7.0 TCR = 212% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

J&L Precision Machine Co. Inc. safety composite

J&L Precision Machine Co. Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% 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).

F

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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%).

Rising injury rate

J&L Precision Machine Co. Inc.: 3.7 → 9.5 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 15.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.68× in 2024

J&L Precision Machine Co. Inc.'s TCR rose 5.8 from 3.7 in 2016 to 9.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 15.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Bethlehem, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 212% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK #126/177
  • PHOTO Bearon Manufacturing…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bearon Manufacturing LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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J&L Precision Machine Co. Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows J&L Precision Machine Co. Inc. averages 7.0 TCR (212% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

J&L Precision Machine Co. Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2017=15.3 · 2019=6 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=6.8 · 2023=7.4 · 2024=9.5 · BLS 3.3

Where J&L Precision Machine Co. Inc. falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #126 safest of 177 Machine shops employers in Pennsylvania.

J&L Precision Machine Co. Inc. (28 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate J&L Precision Machine Co. Inc.
J&L Precision Machine Co. Inc. (28 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

J&L Precision Machine Co. Inc. has fewer employees than the Machine shops median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 9.5 4.8 2 0 0
2023 7.4 7.4 2 0 0
2022 6.8 6.8 1 1 0
2021 3.7 0.0 1 0 0
2020 3.6 3.6 1 0 0
2019 6.0 0.0 2 0 0
2017 15.3 7.7 2 2 0
2016 3.7 3.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · PA · Bethlehem

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 358 employers in Bethlehem, 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 Bearon Manufacturing LLC 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5901 Colony Drive 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spencer Machine & Tool Company, Inc. 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR GMT Corporation 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Masda Mushroom LLC 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Scenery Hill 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Production Fire and Safety LLC., DBA Ampro Strategic Alliance PA 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bethlehem Energy Center 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Hospital 5,338 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Physician's Group 3,041 FTE
CITY-NEAR LVH-Muhlenberg 2,139 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4087 2,105 FTE
NAT-TCR Westerly Hospital 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR O'Fallon Casting 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Maine Course Hospitality Group - Brunswick Fairfield Inn 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Grbr 56rw 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Milwaukee Home2 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Woodfield Mall 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE TN 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goldman Equipment, LLC - Stacy 28 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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