Hammer forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished · Pennsylvania
Phoenix Forging Co., Inc.
Catasauqua, PA · ~39 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Phoenix Forging Co., Inc. runs at 237% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hammer forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished workplace, earning a grade F.
Phoenix Forging Co., Inc.: 7.8 TCR = 237% of Hammer forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Phoenix Forging Co., Inc. safety composite
Phoenix Forging Co., Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.83 per 100 workers
Safer than 23% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.91 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% 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
Phoenix Forging Co., Inc.: 2.8 → 8.7 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 20.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.37× in 2024
Phoenix Forging Co., Inc.'s TCR rose 5.9 from 2.8 in 2016 to 8.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 20.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332111 · Catasauqua, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.8 · 237% of ind
- DART 2.9 DART
- RANK #25/35
- PHOTO Superior Forge and S…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 25 inj
- SIZE ~39 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Superior Forge and Steel - New Castle (0.0 TCR gap)
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Phoenix Forging Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- The Dayton For
The Dayton Forging & Heat Treating Company
8 TCR
- Hydrafab North
Hydrafab Northwest Inc
8 TCR
- This site
Phoenix Forging Co., Inc.
7.8 TCR
- Superior Forge
Superior Forge and Steel - New Castle
7.8 TCR
- Gerdau Duluth
Gerdau Duluth Grinding Ball
7.8 TCR
What this shows Phoenix Forging Co., Inc. averages 7.8 TCR (237% of the Hammer forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS benchmark).
Phoenix Forging Co., Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2017=10 · 2018=5.8 · 2019=11.8 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=8 · 2022=0 · 2023=20.1 · 2024=8.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Phoenix Forging Co., Inc. falls in its industry
241 Hammer forgings made from purc establishmentsSafer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 35 Hammer forgings made from purc employers in Pennsylvania.
Phoenix Forging Co., Inc. has fewer employees than the Hammer forgings made from purchased iron median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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 | 8.7 | 2.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 20.1 | 17.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.0 | 2.7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 11.8 | 4.7 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332111 · PA · Catasauqua
241 Hammer forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished 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 | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Superior Forge and Steel - New Castle | 7.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gerdau Duluth Grinding Ball | 7.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | The Dayton Forging & Heat Treating Company | 8.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hydrafab Northwest Inc | 8.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Sylvan PA | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Monterey Mushrooms, LLC.- Temple, PA | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Boyer Nurseries & Orchards, Inc. | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | North Creek Nurseries, Inc. (Shipping) | 39 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rock Hill Trucking Co., Inc. | 33 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Select Specialty Hospital - Ann Arbor, Inc | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sodexo at Delta Sky Club Atl D10 | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Highland Park Sunset Food Mart, Inc. | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hannah B G Shaw Home, Inc | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Foodland #105 | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Green Glen Nursery, Inc | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Select Physical Therapy Texas (15151 Baylor McKinney - Acute) | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Precision Process | 39 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.