Metal Fabrication · Pennsylvania

Summit Steel & Manufacturing, Inc.

Name: Summit Steel & Manufacturing, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Reading, PA · ~94 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Summit Steel & Manufacturing, Inc. runs at 222% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal Fabrication workplace, earning a grade F.

Summit Steel & Manufacturing, Inc.: 7.3 TCR = 222% of Metal Fabrication BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Summit Steel & Manufacturing, Inc. safety composite

Summit Steel & Manufacturing, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).

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Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Summit Steel & Manufacturing, Inc.: 6.5 → 8.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 8.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.56× in 2018

Summit Steel & Manufacturing, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.7 from 6.5 in 2017 to 8.2 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Reading, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 222% of ind

DART 4.1 DART
RANK #133/177
PHOTO D&S Machine Service …
BOOK 2y book
INJ 14 inj
SIZE ~94 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: D&S Machine Service Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Summit Steel & Manufacturing, Inc. averages 7.3 TCR (222% of the Metal Fabrication BLS benchmark).

Summit Steel & Manufacturing, Inc. TCR series: 2017=6.5 · 2018=8.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Summit Steel & Manufacturing, Inc. falls in its industry

1,821 Metal Fabrication establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #133 safest of 177 Metal Fabrication employers in Pennsylvania.

Summit Steel & Manufacturing, Inc. (94 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Summit Steel & Manufacturing, Inc. has more employees than the Metal Fabrication 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
2018	8.2	4.1	8	0	0
2017	6.5	1.1	6	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · PA · Reading

1,821 Metal Fabrication employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 303 employers in Reading, PA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	D&S Machine Service Inc	LUXMBURG, WI	7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NTM Inc.	FRIDLEY, MN	7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	O'Brien Steel Service- Lacon	LACON, IL	7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Toolrite Manufacturing Co., Inc.	NEW BERLIN, WI	7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	R.W. Sauder Inc.	EPHRATA	94 FTE
STATE-SIZE	The Exterior Company, Inc.	LANCASTER	94 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kukurin Contracting, Inc.	EXPORT	94 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cable Services Company, Inc.	WILLIAMSPORT	94 FTE
CITY-NEAR	READING HOSPITAL	Reading	5,693 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SAO : Reading	Reading	2,203 FTE
CITY-NEAR	A077 - Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center	Reading	1,764 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - TEN1	Reading	1,261 FTE
NAT-TCR	R3Composites	Grabill, IN	7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	N and R of Fredericktown Inc	Fredericktown, MO	7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	New Castle (Dence)	New Castle, DE	7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bradley Airsort 85-171 (Ctbra)	Windsor Locks, CT	7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Salude - The Art of Rceovery	Suwanee, GA	94 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cei Dallas Tecta America Company	Dallas, TX	94 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ryerson- Los Angeles	Vernon, CA	94 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Accent Display Corp.	Cranston, RI	94 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. 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.