Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade · Pennsylvania

Solar Atmospheres of Western PA

Hermitage, PA · ~64 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Solar Atmospheres of Western PA runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade B.

Solar Atmospheres of Western PA: 2.1 TCR = 63% of Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Solar Atmospheres of Western PA safety composite

Solar Atmospheres of Western PA scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

Solar Atmospheres of Western PA held a steady TCR band

Solar Atmospheres of Western PA's TCR held near 0.0 from 1.7 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.7 · 2017=3.2 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332811 · Hermitage, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 63% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/13
  • PHOTO Sun Steel Treating Inc
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sun Steel Treating Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Solar Atmospheres of Western PA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Solar Atmospheres of Western PA averages 2.1 TCR (63% of the Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Solar Atmospheres of Western PA TCR series: 2016=1.7 · 2017=3.2 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Solar Atmospheres of Western PA falls in its industry

248 Heat treating metals and metal establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 13 Heat treating metals and metal employers in Pennsylvania.

Solar Atmospheres of Western PA (64 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Solar Atmospheres of Western PA
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA (64 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Solar Atmospheres of Western PA 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 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.5 0.0 1 0 0
2021 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2020 2.9 0.0 2 0 0
2019 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2018 4.6 1.6 3 0 0
2017 3.2 1.6 2 0 0
2016 1.7 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · PA · Hermitage

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 · 64 employers in Hermitage, 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 Sun Steel Treating Inc 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bluewater Thermal Solutions - South Bend 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Benton Harbor 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stack Metallurgical Services LLC 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hershey Ag Services 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Garman Builders, Inc. office 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Penn Energy Services 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE 160 Water Street, Reading, PA 19605 64 FTE
CITY-NEAR Joy Cone Company 680 FTE
CITY-NEAR Keystone Blind Assoc 662 FTE
CITY-NEAR Joy Cone Hermitage 502 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1568 439 FTE
NAT-TCR Foundation Health Services Inc 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Donnelly Industries Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Oakwood Health and Rehab Center 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Pliant Plastics Corporation 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Alliance Contractors Inc 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Connect Training and Logistics 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Sod Farms, Inc 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cutting Edge Forestry Inc. 64 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.