Rolling mill machinery and equipment, metalworking, manufacturing · Pennsylvania
WHEMCO-Steel Castings, Inc (West Homestead Plant)
West Homestead, PA · ~62 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
WHEMCO-Steel Castings, Inc (West Homestead Plant) runs at 228% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Rolling mill machinery and equipment, metalworking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
WHEMCO-Steel Castings, Inc (West Homestead Plant): 7.5 TCR = 228% of Rolling mill machinery and equipment, metalworking, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
WHEMCO-Steel Castings, Inc (West Homestead Plant) safety composite
WHEMCO-Steel Castings, Inc (West Homestead Plant) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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).
32/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.51 per 100 workers
Safer than 9% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.45 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% 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
WHEMCO-Steel Castings, Inc (West Homestead Plant): 5.6 → 14.5 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 14.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.19× in 2019
WHEMCO-Steel Castings, Inc (West Homestead Plant)'s TCR rose 8.9 from 5.6 in 2016 to 14.5 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333519 · West Homestead, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.5 · 228% of ind
- DART 1.4 DART
- RANK #7/7
- PHOTO Mestek Machinery
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~62 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Mestek Machinery (0.0 TCR gap)
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WHEMCO-Steel Castings, Inc (West Homestead Plant) in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Controlled Aut
Controlled Automation
8.2 TCR
- This site
WHEMCO-Steel Castings, Inc (West Homestead Plant)
7.5 TCR
- Mestek Machine
Mestek Machinery
7.5 TCR
- Mestek
Mestek
7.3 TCR
- Dometic Sanita
Dometic Sanitation
6.8 TCR
What this shows WHEMCO-Steel Castings, Inc (West Homestead Plant) averages 7.5 TCR (228% of the Rolling mill machinery and equipment, metalworking, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
WHEMCO-Steel Castings, Inc (West Homestead Plant) TCR series: 2016=5.6 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=14.5 · BLS 3.3
Where WHEMCO-Steel Castings, Inc (West Homestead Plant) falls in its industry
114 Rolling mill machinery and equ establishmentsSafer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Rolling mill machinery and equ employers in Pennsylvania.
WHEMCO-Steel Castings, Inc (West Homestead Plant) has more employees than the Rolling mill machinery and equipment, me median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 14.5 | 1.4 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333519 · PA · West Homestead
114 Rolling mill machinery and equipment, metalworking, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 6 employers in West Homestead, 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 | Mestek Machinery | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mestek | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Controlled Automation | 8.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dometic Sanitation | 6.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Kreider Farms - Specialty Egg | 62 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AGC Flat Glass | 62 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | W.S. Cumby | 62 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Poole Anderson Construction | 62 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sandcastle | 119 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Filtech Inc | 53 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kautter Enterprises Inc. dba Colorworks | 34 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | STORE 1 | 30 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Tulsa - 655 | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mark Kaufman Roofing Contractor, Inc. | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mt. Laurel (HP) | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 5055 - NV Clark County Detention Center | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Comm HVAC NA and EMEA : SVC-Ohio District : SVC-CINCINNATI OH-USA | 62 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gilbert Partners, LLC | 62 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Baldor DC | 62 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | M C Graphics Inc | 62 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.