Water treatment and distribution · Pennsylvania

New Castle Operation

New Castle, PA · ~35 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

New Castle Operation runs at 210% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water treatment and distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

New Castle Operation: 2.5 TCR = 210% of Water treatment and distribution BLS 1.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

New Castle Operation safety composite

New Castle Operation scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−2.3

2016→2024

New Castle Operation injury rate improved

New Castle Operation's TCR fell 2.3 from 2.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 9.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.3 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=9.4 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · New Castle, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 2.5 · 210% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/23
  • PHOTO Gene Pump Plant
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gene Pump Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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New Castle Operation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows New Castle Operation averages 2.5 TCR (210% of the Water treatment and distribution BLS benchmark).

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

New Castle Operation TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=9.4 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.2

Where New Castle Operation falls in its industry

727 Water treatment and distributi establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 23 Water treatment and distributi employers in Pennsylvania.

New Castle Operation (35 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 New Castle Operation
New Castle Operation (35 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

New Castle Operation has fewer employees than the Water treatment and distribution median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.3 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2019 9.4 3.1 3 0 0
2018 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2017 2.3 0.0 1 0 0
2016 2.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · PA · New Castle

727 Water treatment and distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 91 employers in New Castle, 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 Gene Pump Plant 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aqua Pennsylvania 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Consolidated Utility District of Rutherford County 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mukilteo Water & Wastewater District 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE W.A.C. Mushrooms Inc. 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Highland Oysters 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mushroom Spawning, Inc. 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE PANTHER CREEK POWER OPERATING 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Jameson 941 FTE
CITY-NEAR DON 805 FTE
CITY-NEAR New Castle 534 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2287 399 FTE
NAT-TCR Field Sales West 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Merit Construction Company 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Woody Bogler Trucking Company 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR National Cart Company 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Berkley Screw Machine Products 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goodwill CFL - Kissimmee 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fredericksburg Road 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kadant GranTek Inc. 35 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.