Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Zimmerman Machine Inc.

Friedensburg, PA · ~20 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Zimmerman Machine Inc. runs at 40% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Zimmerman Machine Inc.: 1.3 TCR = 40% of Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Zimmerman Machine Inc. safety composite

Zimmerman Machine Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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%).

Zimmerman Machine Inc. held a steady TCR band

Zimmerman Machine Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=5.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332313 · Friedensburg, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 40% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/38
  • PHOTO Eagle
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Eagle (0.0 TCR gap)

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Zimmerman Machine Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Zimmerman Machine Inc. averages 1.3 TCR (40% of the Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Zimmerman Machine Inc. TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=5.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Zimmerman Machine Inc. falls in its industry

449 Plate work (e.g., bending, cut establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 38 Plate work (e.g., bending, cut employers in Pennsylvania.

Zimmerman Machine Inc. (20 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Zimmerman Machine Inc.
Zimmerman Machine Inc. (20 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Zimmerman Machine Inc. has fewer employees than the Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punc median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 5.3 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332313 · PA · Friedensburg

449 Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 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 Eagle 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR WESTERN WATERWORKS SUPPLY 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR CarWil 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nucor 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE VanBlarcom 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Matterns Hatchery 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brookfield Renewable - Holtwood 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Springdale 3,4,5 20 FTE
NAT-TCR Sunlight Batteries USA 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Schuster, DC LLC 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR McDonald Excavating Inc 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Barrett Firearms 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Angelus Block - Bakersfield 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fce1-Foam-Elkhart 1 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Feintool Cincinnati Inc. Joslyn Rd. 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE DEXTER 20 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, 2021. 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.