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

Souderton

Souderton, PA · ~35 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Souderton runs at 192% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Heat treating ovens, industrial process-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Souderton: 6.3 TCR = 192% of Heat treating ovens, industrial process-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Souderton safety composite

Souderton scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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).

F

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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

−1.1

2019→2023

Souderton injury rate improved

Souderton's TCR fell 1.1 from 8.8 in 2019 to 7.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=8.8 · 2020=5.1 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=6.5 · 2023=7.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333994 · Souderton, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 192% of ind

  • DART 7.7 DART
  • RANK #11/14
  • PHOTO Solar Products Inc. …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Solar Products Inc. - E1T (0.0 TCR gap)

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Souderton in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Souderton averages 6.3 TCR (192% 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

Souderton TCR series: 2019=8.8 · 2020=5.1 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=6.5 · 2023=7.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Souderton falls in its industry

103 Heat treating ovens, industria establishments

Safer than 20% 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 #11 safest of 14 Heat treating ovens, industria employers in Pennsylvania.

Souderton (35 employees, TCR 6.3) 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 Souderton
Souderton (35 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Souderton has fewer employees than the Heat treating ovens, industrial process- median and a higher 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
2023 7.7 7.7 3 0 0
2022 6.5 6.5 2 0 0
2021 3.6 0.0 1 0 0
2020 5.1 5.1 2 0 0
2019 8.8 5.9 3 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 Solar Products Inc. - E1T 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR BELCO INDUSTRIES INC. 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Redline Chambers 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thermex Thermatron, LP 6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE W.A.C. Mushrooms Inc. 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Highland Oysters 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mushroom Spawning, Inc. 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE PANTHER CREEK POWER OPERATING 35 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 Construction 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Food City 149 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Bartow Regional Medical Center (0101) 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Modern Builders Inc 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wines Unlimited 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Solo Cup Company Grand Prairie 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shield Casework 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Connersville Utilities 35 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.