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

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.

F
Failing Safety Record
19.9
avg TCR · per 100 workers
3.3
industry benchmark (BLS)
15
recordable injuries tracked

Grade compares Ponce Can Comp.'s OSHA Total Case Rate of 19.9 to the Metal cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark of 3.3 (603% of benchmark) across 6 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.

Injury rate over time

Ponce Can Comp.'s yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.

020406080 201920202021202220232024 18.33.3 Industry benchmarkPonce Can Comp. TCR
Total Case Rate (recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers), OSHA ITA Form 300A. Industry benchmark: BLS IIF, NAICS 332431.

Where Ponce Can Comp. falls in its industry

224 Metal cans, light gauge metal, establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Trend analysis for Ponce Can Comp.

Between 2019 and 2024, Ponce Can Comp.'s Total Case Rate improved from 27.2 to 18.3 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 33% decrease across 5 years of OSHA reporting.

The safest year on record was 2020, at a TCR of 16.6, while 2019 saw the highest rate, at 27.2, a spread of 10.7 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 5 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.

Summed across those 5 reporting years, Ponce Can Comp. recorded 10 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 5-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.

Verify This Employer with OSHA

The 15 injuries, 1 illnesses shown on this page for Ponce Can Comp. are sourced from its own 6 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 332431 - Metal cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing.

DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)

What is the DART rate formula?

DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.

1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 21,809 hours worked = 9.17 DART

Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping

Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State

Benchmark TCR Source
Ponce Can Comp. (this establishment) 19.90 OSHA ITA Form 300A, 6-year avg
Metal cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing industry avg 3.30 BLS IIF, NAICS 332431
Puerto Rico state avg (all industries) 4.48 OSHA ITA, state-level rollup

Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program

Reportable Incident Timeline

Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Ponce Can Comp. to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.

Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records

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

What this grade means for you

Use this grade as a relative read on Ponce Can Comp.'s reported OSHA injury record versus its Metal cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.

  • At 603% of the Metal cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing benchmark, Ponce Can Comp. reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
  • Judge this record against the wider Metal cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
  • Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another

Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Ponce Can Comp.'s safety grade?
Ponce Can Comp. has a safety grade of F (Failing Safety Record). This grade is based on their average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 19.9 compared to the BLS industry benchmark of 3.3 for Metal cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing.
How many injuries has Ponce Can Comp. reported?
Ponce Can Comp. has reported 15 total injuries and 0 fatalities across 6 years of OSHA data (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019). This data comes from mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reports.

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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. Retrieved and formatted by PlainSafetyScore Editorial

Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.