Communications wire and cable, nonferrous, made from purchased nonferrous wire · Pennsylvania

West Penn

Washington, PA · ~98 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Penn runs at 53% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Communications wire and cable, nonferrous, made from purchased nonferrous wire workplace, earning a grade B.

West Penn: 1.8 TCR = 53% of Communications wire and cable, nonferrous, made from purchased nonferrous wire BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Penn safety composite

West Penn scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.5

2018→2021

West Penn injury rate improved

West Penn's TCR fell 1.5 from 2.5 in 2018 to 1.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.5 · 2021=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335929 · Washington, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 53% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #1/5
  • PHOTO GC Manchester, NH
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~98 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GC Manchester, NH (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Penn in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Penn averages 1.8 TCR (53% of the Communications wire and cable, nonferrous, made from purchased nonferrous wire BLS benchmark).

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

West Penn TCR series: 2018=2.5 · 2021=1 · BLS 3.3

Where West Penn falls in its industry

144 Communications wire and cable, establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 5 Communications wire and cable, employers in Pennsylvania.

West Penn (98 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0100200300 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate West Penn
West Penn (98 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 2.3

West Penn has more employees than the Communications wire and cable, nonferrou median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2021 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2018 2.5 1.7 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335929 · PA · Washington

144 Communications wire and cable, nonferrous, made from purchased nonferrous wire employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 139 employers in Washington, 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 GC Manchester, NH 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cerrowire, MC Plant 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Honeywell Genesis Cable 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southwire Huntersville 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Franklin Labs D/B/A Trulieve 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oregon Maintenance Shop 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hankin Group 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Daniel J. Keating 98 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Washington Hospital 1,630 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Meadows Racetrack and Casino 1,245 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hollywood Casino at The Meadows 802 FTE
CITY-NEAR Songer Services Incorporated 621 FTE
NAT-TCR Construction 4 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR All-Star-Woodbury 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR OC Parks - Irvine Regional Park 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Barker Steel - Baltimore Maryland 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hirune, LLC 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spartan Aerospace llc 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE R&R Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Universal Alloy Corporation - Anaheim 98 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: 2021, 2018. 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.