Insulation contractors · Pennsylvania

Z-Tech Insulation, Inc.

Reading, PA · ~48 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Z-Tech Insulation, Inc. runs at 33% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Insulation contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Z-Tech Insulation, Inc.: 0.9 TCR = 33% of Insulation contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Z-Tech Insulation, Inc. safety composite

Z-Tech Insulation, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.75 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

Z-Tech Insulation, Inc.: 0.0 → 1.8 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 1.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.9× in 2024

Z-Tech Insulation, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.8 from 0.0 in 2019 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238310 · Reading, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 33% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #4/50
  • PHOTO Interior Specialties…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Interior Specialties, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Z-Tech Insulation, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Z-Tech Insulation, Inc. averages 0.9 TCR (33% of the Insulation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Z-Tech Insulation, Inc. TCR series: 2019=0 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Z-Tech Insulation, Inc. falls in its industry

1,613 Insulation contractors establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 50 Insulation contractors employers in Pennsylvania.

Z-Tech Insulation, Inc. (48 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Z-Tech Insulation, Inc.
Z-Tech Insulation, Inc. (48 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Z-Tech Insulation, Inc. has fewer employees than the Insulation contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238310 · PA · Reading

1,613 Insulation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 303 employers in Reading, 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 Interior Specialties, Inc. 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Raynor Company Group 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Riley Industrial Services, Inc. 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Acousti Engineering Jacksonville 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sylvan America, Inc. 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Esbenshade North 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rolling Rock Building Stone, Inc. 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Stores Building 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR READING HOSPITAL 5,693 FTE
CITY-NEAR SAO : Reading 2,203 FTE
CITY-NEAR A077 - Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center 1,764 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - TEN1 1,261 FTE
NAT-TCR Interior Specialties, Inc. 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR AS&D Sumner 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Hikma Cherry Hill 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 0650 - Orlando Sand Lake Rd 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE S & B Finishing Co Inc 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE HA Rider & Sons 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harwood 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lathrop 48 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, 2022, 2019. 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.