Shipping barrels, drums, kegs, and pails, light gauge metal, manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Lancaster Container, Inc

Name: Lancaster Container, Inc Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Washington Boro, PA · ~25 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Lancaster Container, Inc runs at 175% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Shipping barrels, drums, kegs, and pails, light gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Lancaster Container, Inc: 5.8 TCR = 175% of Shipping barrels, drums, kegs, and pails, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lancaster Container, Inc safety composite

Lancaster Container, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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).

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 5.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.8

2019→2020

Lancaster Container, Inc injury rate improved

Lancaster Container, Inc's TCR fell 3.8 from 7.7 in 2019 to 3.9 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=7.7 · 2020=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332439 · Washington Boro, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 175% of ind

DART 3.9 DART
RANK #4/14
PHOTO Skolnik Industries, …
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Skolnik Industries, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cleveland Stee

5.8
Custom Metalcr

5.8
Skolnik Indust

5.7
IHM Methuen

5.7

What this shows Lancaster Container, Inc averages 5.8 TCR (175% of the Shipping barrels, drums, kegs, and pails, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Lancaster Container, Inc TCR series: 2019=7.7 · 2020=3.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Lancaster Container, Inc falls in its industry

175 Shipping barrels, drums, kegs, establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 14 Shipping barrels, drums, kegs, employers in Pennsylvania.

Lancaster Container, Inc (25 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Lancaster Container, Inc has fewer employees than the Shipping barrels, drums, kegs, and pails median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2020	3.9	3.9	1	0	0
2019	7.7	3.9	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332439 · PA · Washington Boro

175 Shipping barrels, drums, kegs, and pails, light gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Skolnik Industries, Inc	CHICAGO, IL	5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	IHM Methuen	LAWRENCE, MA	5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cleveland Steel Container Corporation - Quakertown	QUAKERTOWN, PA	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Custom Metalcraft (Plant 1)	SPRINGFIELD, MO	5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	DuPont Pioneer New Holland NHL1	NEW HOLLAND	25 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hunterstown Power Generation	HUNTERSTOWN	25 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Power Producer	LEBANON	25 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Warren Electric Cooperative, Inc.	YOUNGSVILLE	25 FTE
NAT-TCR	Clinton Aluminum, Clinton, OH	Clinton, OH	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CAE3	West Columbia, SC	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Technical Services International Tx	Mesquite, TX	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	TDS Excavations Services LLC	Buda, TX	5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Courtyard - Prattville	Prattville, AL	25 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Home 2 Suites - Jacksonville NC	Jacksonville, NC	25 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Homewood Suites - Montgomery	Montgomery, AL	25 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Drury Inn & Suites - Kansas City Shawnee Mission	Merriam, KS	25 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: 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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