Machine knives, metal cutting, manufacturing · Pennsylvania

York Saw & Knife Company, Inc.

York, PA · ~57 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

York Saw & Knife Company, Inc. runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Machine knives, metal cutting, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

York Saw & Knife Company, Inc.: 4.3 TCR = 132% of Machine knives, metal cutting, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

York Saw & Knife Company, Inc. safety composite

York Saw & Knife Company, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−1.6

2018→2024

York Saw & Knife Company, Inc. injury rate improved

York Saw & Knife Company, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.6 from 6.7 in 2018 to 5.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.7 · 2019=4.0 · 2021=6.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=5.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333515 · York, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 132% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/11
  • PHOTO Alvord-Polk, Inc.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Alvord-Polk, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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York Saw & Knife Company, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows York Saw & Knife Company, Inc. averages 4.3 TCR (132% of the Machine knives, metal cutting, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

York Saw & Knife Company, Inc. TCR series: 2018=6.7 · 2019=4 · 2021=6 · 2023=0 · 2024=5.1 · BLS 3.3

Where York Saw & Knife Company, Inc. falls in its industry

221 Machine knives, metal cutting, establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 11 Machine knives, metal cutting, employers in Pennsylvania.

York Saw & Knife Company, Inc. (57 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate York Saw & Knife Company, Inc.
York Saw & Knife Company, Inc. (57 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.5

York Saw & Knife Company, Inc. has fewer employees than the Machine knives, metal cutting, manufactu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 0.0 3 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 6.0 0.0 3 0 0
2019 4.0 2.0 2 0 0
2018 6.7 3.3 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333515 · PA · York

221 Machine knives, metal cutting, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 496 employers in York, 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 Alvord-Polk, Inc. 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cyient Defense Services, Inc 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR PIVOT PUNCH CORPORATION 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northern Tool 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE John R. Stinson & Sons Inc 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Green Leaf Medical LLC. 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mt. Pleasant Egg 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mother Earth, LLC 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR WellSpan York Hospital 4,886 FTE
CITY-NEAR WellSpan Medical Group 4,293 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wellspan Health 2,591 FTE
CITY-NEAR FedEx Supply Chain (Target York) 1,875 FTE
NAT-TCR ServiceMaster DSI Maple Grove 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Turf Sales of Florida 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Disneyland Neighborhood Cafe 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Orlando PDC 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 1275 PYP Dministation 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crown Lift Trucks Fresno 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Solid Bridge Construction 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2024 - Victorville 57 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, 2021, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.