Aluminum coating of metal products for the trade · Pennsylvania

Vorteq Allentown

Allentown, PA · ~52 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vorteq Allentown runs at 304% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Aluminum coating of metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade F.

Vorteq Allentown: 10.0 TCR = 304% of Aluminum coating of metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vorteq Allentown safety composite

Vorteq Allentown scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

Vorteq Allentown: 5.5 → 14.6 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 14.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.97× in 2018

Vorteq Allentown's TCR rose 9.0 from 5.5 in 2017 to 14.6 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332812 · Allentown, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.0 · 304% of ind

  • DART 9.7 DART
  • RANK #33/45
  • PHOTO PCM Products, Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PCM Products, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vorteq Allentown in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vorteq Allentown averages 10.0 TCR (304% of the Aluminum coating of metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Vorteq Allentown TCR series: 2017=5.5 · 2018=14.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Vorteq Allentown falls in its industry

646 Aluminum coating of metal prod establishments

Safer than 12% 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 #33 safest of 45 Aluminum coating of metal prod employers in Pennsylvania.

Vorteq Allentown (52 employees, TCR 10.0) 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Vorteq Allentown
Vorteq Allentown (52 employees, TCR 10.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Vorteq Allentown has fewer employees than the Aluminum coating of metal products for t 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
2018 14.6 9.7 8 1 0
2017 5.5 1.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332812 · PA · Allentown

646 Aluminum coating of metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 447 employers in Allentown, 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 PCM Products, Inc. 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Depor Industries Troy Michigan 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Simcote, Inc. - OH 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR AZZ Galvanizing & Plating - Milwaukee LLC 10.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Farm 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maitri Genetics 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Insa Shamokin Dam 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ethos Fairless Hills 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lehigh Valley Hospital 9,463 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1200SCC 6,531 FTE
CITY-NEAR Air Products and Chemicals Inc.- Main Campus 2,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR LOCATION 48042 1,728 FTE
NAT-TCR Heartland Manor Inc Nursing Center 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Deppe Mold & Tooling, Inc. 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Plant UK 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Heritage Health - Hoopeston 10.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Eagle Transport Corporation -Charlotte 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE TBC-Brinadd, LLC. 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fallbrook Woods 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlanta (G90) 52 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.

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

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