Aluminum die-casting foundries · Arkansas

ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc. - Southwest Die

Fort Smith, AR · ~140 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc. - Southwest Die runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Aluminum die-casting foundries workplace, earning a grade C.

ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc. - Southwest Die: 3.0 TCR = 92% of Aluminum die-casting foundries BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc. - Southwest Die safety composite

ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc. - Southwest Die scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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

−0.4

2022→2023

ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc. - Southwest Die injury rate improved

ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc. - Southwest Die's TCR fell 0.4 from 3.2 in 2022 to 2.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.2 · 2023=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331523 · Fort Smith, AR AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 92% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #7/13
  • PHOTO Phillips-Medisize, L…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~140 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Phillips-Medisize, LLC Magnesium Molding (0.0 TCR gap)

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ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc. - Southwest Die in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc. - Southwest Die averages 3.0 TCR (92% of the Aluminum die-casting foundries BLS benchmark).

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

ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc. - Southwest Die TCR series: 2022=3.2 · 2023=2.9 · BLS 3.3

Where ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc. - Southwest Die falls in its industry

221 Aluminum die-casting foundries establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 13 Aluminum die-casting foundries employers in Arkansas.

ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc. - Southwest Die (140 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc. - Southwest Die
ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc. - Southwest Die (140 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 4.7

ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc. - Southwest Die has more employees than the Aluminum die-casting foundries median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2023 2.9 1.4 4 0 0
2022 3.2 1.9 3 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331523 · AR · Fort Smith

221 Aluminum die-casting foundries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 249 employers in Fort Smith, AR · 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 Phillips-Medisize, LLC Magnesium Molding 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cascade Die Casting Group - Great Lakes 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spartan Light Metal Products Sparta Location 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Minneapolis Die Casting LLC 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Stracener Brothers Construction Corporation 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pepper Source Rogers 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anchor Packaging Marmaduke 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE ABILITIES UNLIMITED 140 FTE
CITY-NEAR MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH 1,944 FTE
CITY-NEAR ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc. - Fort Smith 1,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fort Smith - 5713 RS Boreham Jr Street 985 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith 970 FTE
NAT-TCR Blackford Hospital 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Cooper Surgical, Inc- Stafford TX 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Blanc Vineyards, LLC 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Deer Creek Lodge 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Verdugo Valley Skld Nsg & Wlns Centre 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE County Market Wausau (Crossroads) - 5611 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE GMI KC Mill 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gereral Government 140 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: 2023, 2022. 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.