Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors · Pennsylvania

Steel Construction

East Earl, PA · ~36 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Steel Construction runs at 187% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Steel Construction: 5.2 TCR = 187% of Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Steel Construction safety composite

Steel Construction scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−3.9

2016→2017

Steel Construction injury rate improved

Steel Construction's TCR fell 3.9 from 7.2 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.2 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.2 · 2017=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · East Earl, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 187% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #19/37
  • PHOTO Kinsley Steel
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kinsley Steel (0.0 TCR gap)

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Steel Construction in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Steel Construction averages 5.2 TCR (187% of the Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Steel Construction TCR series: 2016=7.2 · 2017=3.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Steel Construction falls in its industry

705 Structural steel erecting or i establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 37 Structural steel erecting or i employers in Pennsylvania.

Steel Construction (36 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Steel Construction
Steel Construction (36 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Steel Construction has fewer employees than the Structural steel erecting or iron work c median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2017 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2016 7.2 7.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · PA · East Earl

705 Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 18 employers in East Earl, 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 Kinsley Steel 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Washington Ornamental Iron Works 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR C.E. TOLAND & SON 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waubonsee Development 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE George Didden Greenhouses, Inc. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Altoona 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE UGI Penn Natural Gas Williamsport 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE TIS - PA - Fairless Hills 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR East Earl 651 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shady Maple Smorgasbord 414 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shady Maple Farm Market 411 FTE
CITY-NEAR Meridian Products LLC 139 FTE
NAT-TCR Wisenbaker Builder Services - ATX 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Indianapolis (Inpol) 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Bonnano's New York Pizzeria #202 Flamingo 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Fulton 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE C.L. Smith Industrial Company 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pannell Industries, Inc. Dallas-Fort Worth District 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0055 - El Paso, Tx 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE 48- Ladd (Cattani) 36 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.