Valves, industrial-type (e.g., check, gate, globe, relief, safety), manufacturing · New York

Spence Engineering, Inc.

Walden, NY · ~37 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Spence Engineering, Inc. runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Valves, industrial-type (e.g., check, gate, globe, relief, safety), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Spence Engineering, Inc.: 4.7 TCR = 142% of Valves, industrial-type (e.g., check, gate, globe, relief, safety), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Spence Engineering, Inc. safety composite

Spence Engineering, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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).

D

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−8.2

2016→2018

Spence Engineering, Inc. injury rate improved

Spence Engineering, Inc.'s TCR fell 8.2 from 8.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.2 · 2017=5.9 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332911 · Walden, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 142% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/12
  • PHOTO Shewood Valve LLC - …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Shewood Valve LLC - Brooklyn, OH Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Spence Engineering, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Spence Engineering, Inc. averages 4.7 TCR (142% of the Valves, industrial-type (e.g., check, gate, globe, relief, safety), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Spence Engineering, Inc. TCR series: 2016=8.2 · 2017=5.9 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Spence Engineering, Inc. falls in its industry

298 Valves, industrial-type (e.g., establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 12 Valves, industrial-type (e.g., employers in New York.

Spence Engineering, Inc. (37 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Spence Engineering, Inc.
Spence Engineering, Inc. (37 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Spence Engineering, Inc. has fewer employees than the Valves, industrial-type (e.g., check, ga median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 5.9 2.9 2 0 0
2016 8.2 8.2 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332911 · NY · Walden

298 Valves, industrial-type (e.g., check, gate, globe, relief, safety), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 15 employers in Walden, NY · 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 Shewood Valve LLC - Brooklyn, OH Plant 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Scheerer Bearing Corporation 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kimray Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clow Valve Company 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kludt Brothers Inc. 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE PharmaCann Hamptonburgh 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cruikshank Farms LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main farm 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Walden (formerly Ampac Paper LLC) 176 FTE
CITY-NEAR Walden 166 FTE
CITY-NEAR Village of Walden 127 FTE
CITY-NEAR 08427 - Store # 8427 Hannaford Pharmac 125 FTE
NAT-TCR Walnut Trail Apartments 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #5143 Jacksonville, F 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #5195 Fayetteville, G 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR CarePoint Partners - 1021 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE LifeShare Blood Center - Monroe 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trumbull Corporation and Brayman Construction Corporation, A Joint Venture 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atrium Post Acute Care of Mineral Point 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harrisburg CPW 37 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.