Zirconium and zirconium alloy bar, rod, billet, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap · Pennsylvania
Specialty Metals Plant
Blairsville, PA · ~304 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Specialty Metals Plant runs at 95% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Zirconium and zirconium alloy bar, rod, billet, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap workplace, earning a grade C.
Specialty Metals Plant: 3.1 TCR = 95% of Zirconium and zirconium alloy bar, rod, billet, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Specialty Metals Plant safety composite
Specialty Metals Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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)
- D 3.15 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.05 per 100 workers
Safer than 67% 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
Specialty Metals Plant: 1.8 → 2.8 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 4.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.33× in 2020
Specialty Metals Plant's TCR rose 1.0 from 1.8 in 2017 to 2.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331491 · Blairsville, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 95% of ind
- DART 1.1 DART
- RANK #7/13
- PHOTO Goldman Titanium, Inc.
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 21 inj
- SIZE ~304 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Goldman Titanium, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Specialty Metals Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- USMe
USMe
3.2 TCR
- This site
Specialty Metals Plant
3.1 TCR
- Goldman Titani
Goldman Titanium, Inc.
3.1 TCR
- Jamestown Nort
Jamestown North America
3.1 TCR
- VDM Metals USA
VDM Metals USA, LLC
3.1 TCR
What this shows Specialty Metals Plant averages 3.1 TCR (95% of the Zirconium and zirconium alloy bar, rod, billet, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap BLS benchmark).
Specialty Metals Plant TCR series: 2017=1.8 · 2018=4.9 · 2020=2.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Specialty Metals Plant falls in its industry
113 Zirconium and zirconium alloy establishmentsSafer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 13 Zirconium and zirconium alloy employers in Pennsylvania.
Specialty Metals Plant has more employees than the Zirconium and zirconium alloy bar, rod, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.9 | 0.7 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331491 · PA · Blairsville
113 Zirconium and zirconium alloy bar, rod, billet, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 35 employers in Blairsville, 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 | Goldman Titanium, Inc. | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Jamestown North America | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | USMe | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | VDM Metals USA, LLC | 3.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | HB McClure | 304 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | McLanahan Corporation | 304 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Leonardo DRS - Johnstown Facility | 304 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 2663 | 304 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Westinghouse Electric Company - Specialty Metals Plant | 299 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 5356 | 220 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 5356 | 215 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | School Bus Drivers, Inc. | 214 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 0000000123 Quick Chek Food Stores | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | RagingWire TX | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ross store 705 | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ross store 225 | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Swg North Ops Office 0021-Fac48 | 304 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Scio Township Meijer 173 | 304 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel | 304 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cook County Juvenile Probation - Chicago | 304 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.