Erecting structural steel · Pennsylvania

XLE Metals Corporation d/b/a Independence Erectors

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

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

XLE Metals Corporation d/b/a Independence Erectors runs at 156% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Erecting structural steel workplace, earning a grade D.

XLE Metals Corporation d/b/a Independence Erectors: 4.4 TCR = 156% of Erecting structural steel BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

XLE Metals Corporation d/b/a Independence Erectors safety composite

XLE Metals Corporation d/b/a Independence Erectors scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

XLE Metals Corporation d/b/a Independence Erectors: 3.6 → 5.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.59× in 2024

XLE Metals Corporation d/b/a Independence Erectors's TCR rose 1.5 from 3.6 in 2023 to 5.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · Chester, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 156% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #17/37
  • PHOTO US Erectors Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~98 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: US Erectors Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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XLE Metals Corporation d/b/a Independence Erectors in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows XLE Metals Corporation d/b/a Independence Erectors averages 4.4 TCR (156% of the Erecting structural steel BLS benchmark).

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

XLE Metals Corporation d/b/a Independence Erectors TCR series: 2023=3.6 · 2024=5.1 · BLS 2.8

Where XLE Metals Corporation d/b/a Independence Erectors falls in its industry

705 Erecting structural steel establishments

Safer than 45% 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 #17 safest of 37 Erecting structural steel employers in Pennsylvania.

XLE Metals Corporation d/b/a Independence Erectors (98 employees, TCR 4.4) 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate XLE Metals Corporation d/b/a Independence Erectors
XLE Metals Corporation d/b/a Independence Erectors (98 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

XLE Metals Corporation d/b/a Independence Erectors has more employees than the Erecting structural steel 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
2024 5.1 2.6 4 0 0
2023 3.6 3.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · PA · Chester

705 Erecting structural steel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 45 employers in Chester, 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 US Erectors Inc. 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Engineered Steel Products 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Empire Steel Erectors LP 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR GS Steel Erection, Inc 4.4 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 Harrah's Philadelphia Casino Racetrack 1,017 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health Access Network 941 FTE
CITY-NEAR PHRG PHL/HQ 826 FTE
CITY-NEAR PHRG HQ 680 FTE
NAT-TCR Ft Gratiot 10170 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Ideal Consolidated, Inc. 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Evonik Corporation 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Stainless Foundry and Engineering inc 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE allnex USA, Inc. 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tarter Tube 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Magnolia Steel Co., Inc. 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Horizon Manufacturing Group 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: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.