Iron foundries · Pennsylvania

Ward Manufacturing, LLC

Blossburg, PA · ~455 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ward Manufacturing, LLC runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Iron foundries workplace, earning a grade D.

Ward Manufacturing, LLC: 4.1 TCR = 125% of Iron foundries BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ward Manufacturing, LLC safety composite

Ward Manufacturing, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 4.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Ward Manufacturing, LLC: 3.5 → 6.3 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 6.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.76× in 2023

Ward Manufacturing, LLC's TCR rose 2.8 from 3.5 in 2016 to 6.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331511 · Blossburg, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 125% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #5/24
  • PHOTO NIBCO Blytheville
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 102 inj
  • SIZE ~455 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NIBCO Blytheville (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ward Manufacturing, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ward Manufacturing, LLC averages 4.1 TCR (125% of the Iron foundries BLS benchmark).

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

Ward Manufacturing, LLC TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=6.4 · 2023=6.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Ward Manufacturing, LLC falls in its industry

272 Iron foundries establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 24 Iron foundries employers in Pennsylvania.

Ward Manufacturing, LLC (455 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2 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 Ward Manufacturing, LLC
Ward Manufacturing, LLC (455 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2

Ward Manufacturing, LLC has more employees than the Iron foundries median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.2. 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 6.3 3.1 18 6 0
2022 6.4 3.6 17 8 0
2021 4.5 2.0 13 5 0
2020 3.5 0.5 11 2 0
2019 1.7 0.7 8 0 0
2018 3.8 1.7 17 1 0
2017 3.3 1.8 12 3 0
2016 3.5 1.9 6 10 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331511 · PA · Blossburg

272 Iron foundries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 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 NIBCO Blytheville 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mueller 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR McWane Ductile - OH 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dualtech, Inc. 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE J.D. Eckman, Inc. 455 FTE
STATE-SIZE CLARION HOSPITAL 455 FTE
STATE-SIZE EQT Corporation - Pittsburgh 454 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1529 454 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kwik Fill M390/390 27 FTE
NAT-TCR King County Public Health 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR S04012 - Denver Arapahoe Disposal (DADS) 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR South Burlington #228 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Jackson Al Dirt Cheap 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Parts Authority San Bernardino 455 FTE
NAT-SIZE C&C Bldg. 451 S. State St. 455 FTE
NAT-SIZE County of Eaton 455 FTE
NAT-SIZE Madix Inc. - Goodwater 455 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.