Boxes, truck (e.g., cargo, dump, utility, van), assembled on purchased chassis · Pennsylvania
Somerset Welding & Steel- Truck Equipment
Somerset, PA · ~37 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Somerset Welding & Steel- Truck Equipment runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Boxes, truck (e.g., cargo, dump, utility, van), assembled on purchased chassis workplace, earning a grade B.
Somerset Welding & Steel- Truck Equipment: 1.9 TCR = 58% of Boxes, truck (e.g., cargo, dump, utility, van), assembled on purchased chassis BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Somerset Welding & Steel- Truck Equipment safety composite
Somerset Welding & Steel- Truck Equipment scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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).
62/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 1.91 per 100 workers
Safer than 91% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% 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- Truck Equipment: 2.4 → 3.6 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.87× in 2021
Somerset Welding & Steel- Truck Equipment's TCR rose 1.1 from 2.4 in 2016 to 3.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336211 · Somerset, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 58% of ind
- DART 3.6 DART
- RANK #8/49
- PHOTO HPI-OH
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~37 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: HPI-OH (0.0 TCR gap)
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Somerset Welding & Steel- Truck Equipment in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Eagle Specialt
Eagle Specialty Vehicles, LLC
2 TCR
- KTH Parts Indu
KTH Parts Industries
2 TCR
- This site
Somerset Welding & Steel- Truck Equipment
1.9 TCR
- HPI-OH
HPI-OH
1.9 TCR
- American Emerg
American Emergency Vehicles
1.9 TCR
What this shows Somerset Welding & Steel- Truck Equipment averages 1.9 TCR (58% of the Boxes, truck (e.g., cargo, dump, utility, van), assembled on purchased chassis BLS benchmark).
Somerset Welding & Steel- Truck Equipment TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=3.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Somerset Welding & Steel- Truck Equipment falls in its industry
470 Boxes, truck (e.g., cargo, dum establishmentsSafer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 49 Boxes, truck (e.g., cargo, dum employers in Pennsylvania.
Somerset Welding & Steel- Truck Equipment has fewer employees than the Boxes, truck (e.g., cargo, dump, utility median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336211 · PA · Somerset
470 Boxes, truck (e.g., cargo, dump, utility, van), assembled on purchased chassis 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 | HPI-OH | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | American Emergency Vehicles | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Eagle Specialty Vehicles, LLC | 2.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | KTH Parts Industries | 2.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Packing | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Packing House | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Adams Electric Cooperative Inc. Headquarters Office | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Claverack REC - Wysox | 37 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 | Main Office | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Midlothian Crossing (#24) | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Centrus Energy - American Centrifuge | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | AAON Coil Products Inc. | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | VAFOAM | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bastian Mobile Robotics | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | S04162 - Irvine Transfer Station and MRF | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Schaafsma Heating & Cooling, LLC | 37 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.