Semi-trailer manufacturing · Pennsylvania
Somerset Welding and Steel Company, Inc. - Trailer Plant
Somerset, PA · ~41 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Somerset Welding and Steel Company, Inc. - Trailer Plant runs at 299% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Semi-trailer manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Somerset Welding and Steel Company, Inc. - Trailer Plant: 9.9 TCR = 299% of Semi-trailer manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Somerset Welding and Steel Company, Inc. - Trailer Plant safety composite
Somerset Welding and Steel Company, Inc. - Trailer Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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).
52/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.86 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 88% 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
−3.3
2022→2024
Somerset Welding and Steel Company, Inc. - Trailer Plant injury rate improved
Somerset Welding and Steel Company, Inc. - Trailer Plant's TCR fell 3.3 from 7.6 in 2022 to 4.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 17.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=7.6 · 2023=17.6 · 2024=4.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336212 · Somerset, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 9.9 · 299% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #21/25
- PHOTO Charmac Inc
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~41 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Charmac Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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Somerset Welding and Steel Company, Inc. - Trailer Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Somerset Welding and Steel Company, Inc. - Trailer Plant
9.9 TCR
- Vail Health Ho
Vail Health Hospital
9.9 TCR
- Charmac Inc
Charmac Inc
9.8 TCR
- MAT CV Braking
MAT CV Braking Components, LLC - Gardena
9.8 TCR
- Little Falls O
Little Falls Operations
9.8 TCR
What this shows Somerset Welding and Steel Company, Inc. - Trailer Plant averages 9.9 TCR (299% of the Semi-trailer manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Somerset Welding and Steel Company, Inc. - Trailer Plant TCR series: 2022=7.6 · 2023=17.6 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Somerset Welding and Steel Company, Inc. - Trailer Plant falls in its industry
474 Semi-trailer manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 25 Semi-trailer manufacturing employers in Pennsylvania.
Somerset Welding and Steel Company, Inc. - Trailer Plant has fewer employees than the Semi-trailer manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 17.6 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336212 · PA · Somerset
474 Semi-trailer manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 53 employers in Somerset, 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 | Charmac Inc | 9.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Vail Health Hospital | 9.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MAT CV Braking Components, LLC - Gardena | 9.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Little Falls Operations | 9.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | SpecialtyEgg | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PA Operations | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | J.B. Mill & Fabricating Inc. | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Miller Environmental, Inc. | 41 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UPMC Somerset | 664 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Somerset Hospital | 617 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wheeler Fleet Solutions - Somerset | 338 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6795-86022B0199 | 332 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Police Department | 9.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Franz Bakery Springfield Division - Medford Depot and Outlet | 9.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Polyurethane Machinery Corp | 9.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Merchants Force, Inc. | 9.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Core Health & Fitness - Lake Forest | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Knudson Lumber Co. | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Crown Distributors - Salina | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Delta Floral Distributors, Inc. | 41 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.