Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade · Pennsylvania
Solar Atmospheres Inc.
Souderton, PA · ~88 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Solar Atmospheres Inc. runs at 100% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade C.
Solar Atmospheres Inc.: 3.3 TCR = 100% of Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Solar Atmospheres Inc. safety composite
Solar Atmospheres Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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).
53/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.31 per 100 workers
Safer than 62% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% 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
Solar Atmospheres Inc.: 1.0 → 3.6 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 6.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.72× in 2024
Solar Atmospheres Inc.'s TCR rose 2.6 from 1.0 in 2016 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332811 · Souderton, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 100% of ind
- DART 2.4 DART
- RANK #5/13
- PHOTO Lone Star Heat Treat…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 22 inj
- SIZE ~88 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lone Star Heat Treating Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)
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Solar Atmospheres Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Good Earth Too
Good Earth Tools
3.4 TCR
- This site
Solar Atmospheres Inc.
3.3 TCR
- Lone Star Heat
Lone Star Heat Treating Corporation
3.3 TCR
- Bluewater Ther
Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Saint Mary's
3.3 TCR
- Metal Improvem
Metal Improvement Company- Vernon
3.3 TCR
What this shows Solar Atmospheres Inc. averages 3.3 TCR (100% of the Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).
Solar Atmospheres Inc. TCR series: 2016=1 · 2017=1.2 · 2018=5.5 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=6.2 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Solar Atmospheres Inc. falls in its industry
248 Heat treating metals and metal establishmentsSafer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 13 Heat treating metals and metal employers in Pennsylvania.
Solar Atmospheres Inc. has more employees than the Heat treating metals and metal products 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 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332811 · PA · Souderton
248 Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 69 employers in Souderton, 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 | Lone Star Heat Treating Corporation | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Saint Mary's | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Metal Improvement Company- Vernon | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Good Earth Tools | 3.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | JA Myers Bldg & Dev., Inc. | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Norwood Company | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | T-Ross Brothers Construction, Inc. | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | D & M Contracting Inc | 88 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | JBS Souderton INC | 1,402 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Almac Clinical Services LLC | 764 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Almac Clinical Technologies LLC | 471 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Leidy's Inc. | 297 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Bonfiglioli USA | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Newark | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fort Wayne IN | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Riverside Metro Auto Group, LLC | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Modern Process Equipment Inc | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Binghamton Precast & Supply Corp. | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lovegreen Industrial Services, Inc | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pratt Paper (KY), LLC. | 88 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.