Machine shops · Pennsylvania

Thompson Machine Co Inc

Altoona, PA · ~22 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Thompson Machine Co Inc runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade B.

Thompson Machine Co Inc: 1.7 TCR = 52% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Thompson Machine Co Inc safety composite

Thompson Machine Co Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

Thompson Machine Co Inc held a steady TCR band

Thompson Machine Co Inc's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Altoona, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 52% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #31/177
  • PHOTO Superior Metal Produ…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Superior Metal Products Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Thompson Machine Co Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Thompson Machine Co Inc averages 1.7 TCR (52% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Thompson Machine Co Inc TCR series: 2017=0 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Thompson Machine Co Inc falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 78% 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 #31 safest of 177 Machine shops employers in Pennsylvania.

Thompson Machine Co Inc (22 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Thompson Machine Co Inc
Thompson Machine Co Inc (22 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Thompson Machine Co Inc has fewer employees than the Machine shops median and a lower 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 5.1 5.1 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · PA · Altoona

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 120 employers in Altoona, 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 Superior Metal Products Inc 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aequs Aero Machine 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR ATI Forged Products - Coon Valley Operations 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR GTC Machining - Plant 1 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dawson's Orchards 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kuhn Orchards, LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Giorgi Mushroom Farm 3 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Hope 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pyramid Healthcare Inc 3,019 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Altoona 2,407 FTE
CITY-NEAR Home Nursing Agency and Visiting Nurse Association 785 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Altoona Regional Health Services Inc 606 FTE
NAT-TCR Holiday Inn & Suites Overland Park West 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Morris Export Services - Main 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 300 Flynn Ave 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Lee Kennedy Co., Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Blanc & Bailey Construction, Inc. 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Highlander Construction 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Multi-Phase Contracting Corp 1 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ballston Park 22 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: 2023, 2022, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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