Utility containers (e.g., baskets, bins, boxes, buckets, dishpans, pails), plastics (except foam), manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Sterling Technologies

Lake City, PA · ~133 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sterling Technologies runs at 328% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Utility containers (e.g., baskets, bins, boxes, buckets, dishpans, pails), plastics (except foam), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Sterling Technologies: 10.8 TCR = 328% of Utility containers (e.g., baskets, bins, boxes, buckets, dishpans, pails), plastics (except foam), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sterling Technologies safety composite

Sterling Technologies scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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

−1.2

2016→2020

Sterling Technologies injury rate improved

Sterling Technologies's TCR fell 1.2 from 11.6 in 2016 to 10.4 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 13.6 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.6 · 2017=10.0 · 2018=8.5 · 2019=13.6 · 2020=10.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Lake City, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 10.8 · 328% of ind

  • DART 10.4 DART
  • RANK #174/183
  • PHOTO Master Spas
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 64 inj
  • SIZE ~133 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Master Spas (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sterling Technologies in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sterling Technologies averages 10.8 TCR (328% of the Utility containers (e.g., baskets, bins, boxes, buckets, dishpans, pails), plastics (except foam), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Sterling Technologies TCR series: 2016=11.6 · 2017=10 · 2018=8.5 · 2019=13.6 · 2020=10.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Sterling Technologies falls in its industry

2,838 Utility containers (e.g., bask establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #174 safest of 183 Utility containers (e.g., bask employers in Pennsylvania.

Sterling Technologies (133 employees, TCR 10.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Sterling Technologies
Sterling Technologies (133 employees, TCR 10.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Sterling Technologies has more employees than the Utility containers (e.g., baskets, bins, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 10.4 10.4 11 0 0
2019 13.6 6.3 14 1 0
2018 8.5 7.7 9 1 0
2017 10.0 8.4 13 0 0
2016 11.6 9.6 17 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · PA · Lake City

2,838 Utility containers (e.g., baskets, bins, boxes, buckets, dishpans, pails), plastics (except foam), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 16 employers in Lake City, 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 Master Spas 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Regency Plastics - Ubly, Inc. 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elkamet, Inc. 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vinylmax NY 10.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Charter Homes & Neighborhoods 133 FTE
STATE-SIZE Scenic Ridge Company 133 FTE
STATE-SIZE Construction Masters Services, LLC. 133 FTE
STATE-SIZE FM Browns Sons Inc. Sinking Spring 133 FTE
CITY-NEAR AirBorn Lake City 283 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maple Donuts 237 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maple Donuts Erie, LLC 144 FTE
CITY-NEAR AirBorn 97 FTE
NAT-TCR Cappella Pueblo West 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR McAllister Nursing & Rehab / Windsor Estates Nursing & Rehab 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 4769-665-Pottery Barn 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR MIG Building Systems #357 10.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE GAMCO 133 FTE
NAT-SIZE UT002 133 FTE
NAT-SIZE Refreshment Services Pepsi UIN/MAC 133 FTE
NAT-SIZE Paladin JRB Attachments 133 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: 2020, 2019, 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.