Backfilling, construction · Pennsylvania

Kobalt Construction Inc

Tobyhanna, PA · ~41 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kobalt Construction Inc runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Backfilling, construction workplace, earning a grade D.

Kobalt Construction Inc: 4.0 TCR = 142% of Backfilling, construction BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kobalt Construction Inc safety composite

Kobalt Construction Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−6.5

2019→2024

Kobalt Construction Inc injury rate improved

Kobalt Construction Inc's TCR fell 6.5 from 10.8 in 2019 to 4.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=10.8 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Tobyhanna, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 142% of ind

  • DART 4.4 DART
  • RANK #68/115
  • PHOTO SLT
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SLT (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kobalt Construction Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kobalt Construction Inc averages 4.0 TCR (142% of the Backfilling, construction BLS benchmark).

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

Kobalt Construction Inc TCR series: 2019=10.8 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=4.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Kobalt Construction Inc falls in its industry

1,750 Backfilling, construction establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #68 safest of 115 Backfilling, construction employers in Pennsylvania.

Kobalt Construction Inc (41 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Kobalt Construction Inc
Kobalt Construction Inc (41 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Kobalt Construction Inc has fewer employees than the Backfilling, construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 4.4 4.4 2 0 0
2023 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2022 3.2 3.2 1 0 0
2021 3.2 3.2 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 10.8 10.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · PA · Tobyhanna

1,750 Backfilling, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 17 employers in Tobyhanna, 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 SLT 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Horizons Enterprises, LLC 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Impact Site Works, LLC. 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Con-struct 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE SpecialtyEgg 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE PA Operations 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE J.B. Mill & Fabricating Inc. 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Miller Environmental, Inc. 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tobyhanna Army Depot 2,759 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6080 1,059 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6080 988 FTE
CITY-NEAR Johnson & Johnson 331 FTE
NAT-TCR 8050 - 02-Cheatham Annex 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Fs-Presence St Mary 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 1842 Riverbank 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Coppell Logistics Center 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 5044 - 1-Main 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE High Point 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vanderbilt Wilson Co 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Uchi - Admin 41 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.

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

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