Truck bodies and cabs manufacturing · Pennsylvania
Structural Metal Fabricators, INC.
Palmerton, PA · ~64 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Structural Metal Fabricators, INC. runs at 210% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Truck bodies and cabs manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Structural Metal Fabricators, INC.: 6.9 TCR = 210% of Truck bodies and cabs manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Structural Metal Fabricators, INC. safety composite
Structural Metal Fabricators, INC. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).
48/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.94 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.59 per 100 workers
Safer than 63% 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
Structural Metal Fabricators, INC.: 2.9 → 8.0 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 8.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.23× in 2024
Structural Metal Fabricators, INC.'s TCR rose 5.1 from 2.9 in 2019 to 8.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336211 · Palmerton, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 210% of ind
- DART 1.6 DART
- RANK #34/49
- PHOTO Douglass Truck Bodie…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 26 inj
- SIZE ~64 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Douglass Truck Bodies, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Structural Metal Fabricators, INC. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- GSP Marketing
GSP Marketing Inc
7 TCR
- Cherokee Truck
Cherokee Truck Equipment- Cummings Rd
7 TCR
- This site
Structural Metal Fabricators, INC.
6.9 TCR
- Douglass Truck
Douglass Truck Bodies, Inc.
6.9 TCR
- Auto Truck New
Auto Truck New Jersey
6.9 TCR
What this shows Structural Metal Fabricators, INC. averages 6.9 TCR (210% of the Truck bodies and cabs manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Structural Metal Fabricators, INC. TCR series: 2019=2.9 · 2020=8.8 · 2021=8.3 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=8 · BLS 3.3
Where Structural Metal Fabricators, INC. falls in its industry
470 Truck bodies and cabs manufact establishmentsSafer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 49 Truck bodies and cabs manufact employers in Pennsylvania.
Structural Metal Fabricators, INC. has fewer employees than the Truck bodies and cabs manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.0 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.3 | 6.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8.8 | 2.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336211 · PA · Palmerton
470 Truck bodies and cabs manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 11 employers in Palmerton, 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 | Douglass Truck Bodies, Inc. | 6.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Auto Truck New Jersey | 6.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | GSP Marketing Inc | 7.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cherokee Truck Equipment- Cummings Rd | 7.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Hershey Ag Services | 64 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Garman Builders, Inc. office | 64 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | West Penn Energy Services | 64 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 160 Water Street, Reading, PA 19605 | 64 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Palmerton Facility | 115 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | American Zinc Recycling Corp - Palmerton | 97 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Palmerton | 91 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Architectural Polymers | 40 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 2367 - Cleveland | 6.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | NMA011 | 6.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Crystal Enterprises | 6.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Oaks Integrated Care Community Services | 6.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Pine Mountain Grill | 64 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Stevensville, MT | 64 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rich Product Corporation | 64 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | New Perspective Carlson Parkway | 64 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.