Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) · Pennsylvania

Skills of Central Pa Inc 8th Ave

Altoona, PA · ~26 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Skills of Central Pa Inc 8th Ave runs at 148% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) workplace, earning a grade D.

Skills of Central Pa Inc 8th Ave: 5.6 TCR = 148% of Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) BLS 3.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Skills of Central Pa Inc 8th Ave safety composite

Skills of Central Pa Inc 8th Ave scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 40%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−13.5

2016→2024

Skills of Central Pa Inc 8th Ave injury rate improved

Skills of Central Pa Inc 8th Ave's TCR fell 13.5 from 13.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 15.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.5 · 2017=15.0 · 2018=9.5 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=8.5 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 624310 · Altoona, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 148% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #56/109
  • PHOTO 6443-568044
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 6443-568044 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Skills of Central Pa Inc 8th Ave in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Skills of Central Pa Inc 8th Ave averages 5.6 TCR (148% of the Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) BLS benchmark).

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

Skills of Central Pa Inc 8th Ave TCR series: 2016=13.5 · 2017=15 · 2018=9.5 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=0 · 2021=8.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.8

Where Skills of Central Pa Inc 8th Ave falls in its industry

1,455 Sheltered workshops (i.e., wor establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #56 safest of 109 Sheltered workshops (i.e., wor employers in Pennsylvania.

Skills of Central Pa Inc 8th Ave (26 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Skills of Central Pa Inc 8th Ave
Skills of Central Pa Inc 8th Ave (26 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Skills of Central Pa Inc 8th Ave has fewer employees than the Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experien median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 8.5 8.5 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.2 0.0 1 0 0
2018 9.5 9.5 4 0 0
2017 15.0 15.0 4 0 0
2016 13.5 4.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

624310 · PA · Altoona

1,455 Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 120 employers in Altoona, 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 6443-568044 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Western Ave Store 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pioneer Vocational Industrial Services, Inc., 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR LifeScape Adult Services Western 5.6 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 Pyramid Healthcare Inc 3,019 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Altoona 2,407 FTE
CITY-NEAR Home Nursing Agency and Visiting Nurse Association 785 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Altoona Regional Health Services Inc 606 FTE
NAT-TCR XCA 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR LP Horse Cave, LLC (Hart Co) 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Evergreen Main 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Maine Course Hospitality Group - Courtyard Portland Airport 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Taylor-Made Builders Inc 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Redd Iron Inc 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lightning Tool & Manufacturing, Inc. 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE North Platte - NP 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, 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.