Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing · Pennsylvania
Southwark Metal - Pennsylvania Division
Philadelphia, PA · ~401 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Southwark Metal - Pennsylvania Division runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.8
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 41
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Southwark Metal - Pennsylvania Division's OSHA Total Case Rate of 1.8 to the Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing BLS benchmark of 3.3 (54% of benchmark) across 6 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Southwark Metal - Pennsylvania Division's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Southwark Metal - Pennsylvania Division falls in its industry
1,221 Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 73 Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing employers in Pennsylvania.
Trend analysis for Southwark Metal - Pennsylvania Division
Between 2016 and 2021, Southwark Metal - Pennsylvania Division's Total Case Rate worsened from 1.8 to 1.9 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 6% increase across 5 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2017, at a TCR of 0.6, while 2019 saw the highest rate, at 2.6, a spread of 2.1 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 6 reporting years, Southwark Metal - Pennsylvania Division recorded 41 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 6-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 41 injuries shown on this page for Southwark Metal - Pennsylvania Division are sourced from its own 6 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 332322 - Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2021)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
8 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 862,098 hours worked = 1.86 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Southwark Metal - Pennsylvania Division (this establishment) | 1.78 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 6-year avg |
| Joists, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 332322 |
| Pennsylvania state avg (all industries) | 5.06 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Southwark Metal - Pennsylvania Division to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2021: 8 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 9 reportable incidents · 9 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 10 reportable incidents · 10 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 6 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 6 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Southwark Metal - Pennsylvania Division's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 54% of the Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing benchmark, Southwark Metal - Pennsylvania Division reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.