Metal cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing · Puerto Rico

Ponce Can Comp.

Ponce, PR · ~21 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
19.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ponce Can Comp. runs at 603% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Ponce Can Comp.: 19.9 TCR = 603% of Metal cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ponce Can Comp. safety composite

Ponce Can Comp. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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).

F

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 19.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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%).

TCR Δ

−8.9

2019→2024

Ponce Can Comp. injury rate improved

Ponce Can Comp.'s TCR fell 8.9 from 27.2 in 2019 to 18.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 61.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=27.2 · 2020=16.6 · 2021=61.5 · 2022=17.1 · 2023=20.3 · 2024=18.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332431 · Ponce, PR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 19.9 · 603% of ind

  • DART 9.2 DART
  • RANK P0
  • PHOTO Louisiana Container …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Louisiana Container Co Inc (2.5 TCR gap)

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Ponce Can Comp. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ponce Can Comp. averages 19.9 TCR (603% of the Metal cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ponce Can Comp. TCR series: 2019=27.2 · 2020=16.6 · 2021=61.5 · 2022=17.1 · 2023=20.3 · 2024=18.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Ponce Can Comp. falls in its industry

217 Metal cans, light gauge metal, establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Ponce Can Comp. (21 employees, TCR 19.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Ponce Can Comp.
Ponce Can Comp. (21 employees, TCR 19.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Ponce Can Comp. has fewer employees than the Metal cans, light gauge metal, manufactu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 18.3 9.2 1 1 0
2023 20.3 20.3 2 0 0
2022 17.1 17.1 2 0 0
2021 61.5 61.5 5 0 0
2020 16.6 16.6 2 0 0
2019 27.2 27.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332431 · PR · Ponce

217 Metal cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,632 rated employers in Puerto Rico with headcount on file · 75 employers in Ponce, PR · 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 Louisiana Container Co Inc 17.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orca, Inc. 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Erie Engineered Products, Inc. 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ardagh Metal Packaging - Chicago 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE GENERA MAYAGUEZ 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE LUMA, Bayamon 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE PROYECTO CIUDADELA III 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE 35-LA CEIBA 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR USSC Puerto Rico inc. 1,377 FTE
CITY-NEAR USSC 1,210 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hospital Episcopal San Lucas Ponce 1,113 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2026 675 FTE
NAT-TCR Continental Door Company 19.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Regency SNF LLC 19.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 018 - Sanders School 19.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Halbert Pipe & Steel Co Inc 19.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wells Fargo Center 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Agri-Systems/Systems West Inc 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE S03882 - Salem Waste Disposal Center 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE S04819 - Refuse, Inc - Sage Transfer Station 21 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. 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.