Truck trailer manufacturing · Pennsylvania
Somerset Welding & Steel Company Inc.- Trailer Plant
Somerset, PA · ~58 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Somerset Welding & Steel Company Inc.- Trailer Plant runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Truck trailer manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Somerset Welding & Steel Company Inc.- Trailer Plant: 4.1 TCR = 125% of Truck trailer manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Somerset Welding & Steel Company Inc.- Trailer Plant safety composite
Somerset Welding & Steel Company Inc.- Trailer Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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).
55/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.12 per 100 workers
Safer than 67% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.74 per 100 workers
Safer than 44% 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
Somerset Welding & Steel Company Inc.- Trailer Plant: 0.0 → 2.7 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 8.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.67× in 2020
Somerset Welding & Steel Company Inc.- Trailer Plant's TCR rose 2.7 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336212 · Somerset, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 125% of ind
- DART 2.7 DART
- RANK #7/25
- PHOTO Madill Pettijohn Plant
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~58 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Madill Pettijohn Plant (0.0 TCR gap)
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Somerset Welding & Steel Company Inc.- Trailer Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Titan Trailer
Titan Trailer Manufacturing Inc.
4.2 TCR
- This site
Somerset Welding & Steel Company Inc.- Trailer Plant
4.1 TCR
- Madill Pettijo
Madill Pettijohn Plant
4.1 TCR
- SAERTEX USA, L
SAERTEX USA, LLC
4.1 TCR
- Lexington
Lexington
4.1 TCR
What this shows Somerset Welding & Steel Company Inc.- Trailer Plant averages 4.1 TCR (125% of the Truck trailer manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Somerset Welding & Steel Company Inc.- Trailer Plant TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=8.8 · 2019=5 · 2020=2.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Somerset Welding & Steel Company Inc.- Trailer Plant falls in its industry
474 Truck trailer manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 67% 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 #7 safest of 25 Truck trailer manufacturing employers in Pennsylvania.
Somerset Welding & Steel Company Inc.- Trailer Plant has fewer employees than the Truck trailer manufacturing median and a lower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.8 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336212 · PA · Somerset
474 Truck 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 | Madill Pettijohn Plant | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SAERTEX USA, LLC | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Titan Trailer Manufacturing Inc. | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lexington | 4.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Menu Mate Mushroom Farm | 58 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CannTech | 58 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PA Location | 58 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Moyer's Hatchery | 58 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 | BMC-Pierre | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Frank Liquor Company Inc | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dynacraft - Algona | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | SCD | 58 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | UVA Medical Center Lynchburg | 58 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 38 Elmira | 58 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 171 Victorville | 58 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.