Smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary · Pennsylvania

Metalwerks, Inc.

Aliquippa, PA · ~26 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metalwerks, Inc. runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary workplace, earning a grade D.

Metalwerks, Inc.: 4.0 TCR = 121% of Smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metalwerks, Inc. safety composite

Metalwerks, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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).

D

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

Metalwerks, Inc.: 3.7 → 4.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.07× in 2024

Metalwerks, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.6 from 3.7 in 2023 to 4.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331492 · Aliquippa, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 121% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #13/25
  • PHOTO Luxfer Saxonburg
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Luxfer Saxonburg (0.1 TCR gap)

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Metalwerks, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metalwerks, Inc. averages 4.0 TCR (121% of the Smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary BLS benchmark).

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

Metalwerks, Inc. TCR series: 2023=3.7 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Metalwerks, Inc. falls in its industry

132 Smelting and refining of nonfe establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 25 Smelting and refining of nonfe employers in Pennsylvania.

Metalwerks, Inc. (26 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Metalwerks, Inc.
Metalwerks, Inc. (26 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Metalwerks, Inc. has fewer employees than the Smelting and refining of nonferrous meta median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2024 4.3 4.3 1 0 0
2023 3.7 3.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331492 · PA · Aliquippa

132 Smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 34 employers in Aliquippa, 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 Luxfer Saxonburg 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 300 Park East Drive 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Houston Dust 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conecsus Tejas 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE JB Muhsroom Service LLC 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hamilton Liberty 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE NRG Energy Center Harrisburg LLC 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Regency at Yardley 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Beaver County Rehabilitation Center, Inc. - CenterPlace 337 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ardex, L.P. Corporate Office 279 FTE
CITY-NEAR Moderne Glass Co., Inc. 258 FTE
CITY-NEAR LIFE Beaver/Lawrence 258 FTE
NAT-TCR Prism - 119 West Main 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Thunder Bay Tree Service 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR National Rent-a-Car 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Aspirus Eagle River Hospital 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE River City Petroleum, Inc 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE GS Industries of Bassett, Ltd. 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookside Glen 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE PSI Industrial Solutions 26 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.