Heat treating ovens, industrial process-type, manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Solar Manufacturing, Inc.

Souderton, PA · ~46 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Solar Manufacturing, Inc. runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Heat treating ovens, industrial process-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Solar Manufacturing, Inc.: 2.8 TCR = 85% of Heat treating ovens, industrial process-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Solar Manufacturing, Inc. safety composite

Solar Manufacturing, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.3

2016→2018

Solar Manufacturing, Inc. injury rate improved

Solar Manufacturing, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.3 from 4.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.3 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333994 · Souderton, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 85% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/14
  • PHOTO Inductoheat, Inc. Ma…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Inductoheat, Inc. Madison Heights (0.0 TCR gap)

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Solar Manufacturing, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Solar Manufacturing, Inc. averages 2.8 TCR (85% of the Heat treating ovens, industrial process-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Solar Manufacturing, Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Solar Manufacturing, Inc. falls in its industry

103 Heat treating ovens, industria establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 14 Heat treating ovens, industria employers in Pennsylvania.

Solar Manufacturing, Inc. (46 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Solar Manufacturing, Inc.
Solar Manufacturing, Inc. (46 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Solar Manufacturing, Inc. has fewer employees than the Heat treating ovens, industrial process- median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 4.1 0.0 2 0 0
2016 4.3 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333994 · PA · Souderton

103 Heat treating ovens, industrial process-type, manufacturing 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 Inductoheat, Inc. Madison Heights 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR OAKLEY INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY INC. 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Emsco, North 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR T-M Vacuum Products, Inc. 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Needham's Mushroom Farms, Inc. 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farmers Pride Inc / Bell & Evans Hatchery 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mushroom Casing, Inc. 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer Elizabethtown ELI1 46 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 Shop 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Republic National Distributing Company 24 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 4813-48130002-Encore Chicago 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR A Small Miracle -Charlotte 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Savannah Service Center 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Garden Plaza at Lawrenceville 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Edmac-Hct-Edinburg North 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lefeld Welding & Steel Supplies, Inc. 46 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: 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.