Turning machines (i.e., lathes), metalworking, manufacturing · Pennsylvania

KPM Herkules USA

Ford City, PA · ~113 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KPM Herkules USA runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Turning machines (i.e., lathes), metalworking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

KPM Herkules USA: 2.0 TCR = 61% of Turning machines (i.e., lathes), metalworking, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KPM Herkules USA safety composite

KPM Herkules USA 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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%).

Rising injury rate

KPM Herkules USA: 1.7 → 2.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

KPM Herkules USA's TCR rose 0.6 from 1.7 in 2023 to 2.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 61% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/23
  • PHOTO The Lincoln Electric…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~113 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Lincoln Electric Company - Reno (0.0 TCR gap)

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KPM Herkules USA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KPM Herkules USA averages 2.0 TCR (61% of the Turning machines (i.e., lathes), metalworking, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

KPM Herkules USA TCR series: 2023=1.7 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where KPM Herkules USA falls in its industry

391 Turning machines (i.e., lathes establishments

Safer than 72% 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 #6 safest of 23 Turning machines (i.e., lathes employers in Pennsylvania.

KPM Herkules USA (113 employees, TCR 2.0) 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 KPM Herkules USA
KPM Herkules USA (113 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4

KPM Herkules USA has more employees than the Turning machines (i.e., lathes), metalwo 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
2024 2.3 0.0 3 0 0
2023 1.7 0.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333517 · PA · Ford City

391 Turning machines (i.e., lathes), metalworking, 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 The Lincoln Electric Company - Reno 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Weiss-Aug East Hanover 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Gleason Works 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ferguson Perforating Co. 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Constellation Power Labs 113 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Hain Celestial Group. South Tree 113 FTE
STATE-SIZE FARMER BOY AG INC 113 FTE
STATE-SIZE Conway Phillips Holding, LLC 113 FTE
CITY-NEAR Allegheny Health Network Home Medical Equipment, LLC 207 FTE
CITY-NEAR Klingensmith, Inc 169 FTE
CITY-NEAR Herkules 131 FTE
CITY-NEAR Henkels & McCoy, Inc - Ford City 83 FTE
NAT-TCR South Raleigh Operations 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Nucor Steel Brandenburg 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Sturdy Corporation 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Farmington ISD #192-High School/District Office 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE CDS Framing Inc 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE Patriot Beverages 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE Landmark Hospitals 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rich Castlewood 113 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. 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.