Nonferrous die-casting foundries · Arkansas

American Polishing Inc.

Salem, AR · ~25 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

American Polishing Inc. runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Nonferrous die-casting foundries workplace, earning a grade C.

American Polishing Inc.: 3.7 TCR = 112% of Nonferrous die-casting foundries BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American Polishing Inc. safety composite

American Polishing Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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%).

American Polishing Inc. held a steady TCR band

American Polishing Inc.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 3.6 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.6 · 2019=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331523 · Salem, AR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 112% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/13
  • PHOTO C. Palmer Die Castin…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: C. Palmer Die Casting, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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American Polishing Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows American Polishing Inc. averages 3.7 TCR (112% of the Nonferrous die-casting foundries BLS benchmark).

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

American Polishing Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.6 · 2019=3.7 · BLS 3.3

Where American Polishing Inc. falls in its industry

221 Nonferrous die-casting foundri establishments

Safer than 62% 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 #9 safest of 13 Nonferrous die-casting foundri employers in Arkansas.

American Polishing Inc. (25 employees, TCR 3.7) 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 American Polishing Inc.
American Polishing Inc. (25 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 4.7

American Polishing Inc. has fewer employees than the Nonferrous 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
2019 3.7 0.0 0 1 0
2016 3.6 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331523 · AR · Salem

221 Nonferrous die-casting foundries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 6 employers in Salem, 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 C. Palmer Die Casting, Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Matthews international searcy bronze 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fielding Manufacturing Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Foundry 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1300-Hatchery 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Carroll Electric - Pea Ridge 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Arkansas Electric Cooperative - Ash Flat 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE JL Bryson, Inc. 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fulton County Hospital 179 FTE
CITY-NEAR North Arkansas Electric Cooperative - Salem 80 FTE
CITY-NEAR SLNC, Inc. dba SouthFork River Therapy and Living 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR TOWN & COUNTRY SUPERMARKET #2320 37 FTE
NAT-TCR Dalton Box 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Super Dollar Store #2619 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Platinum Communities 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR J&W Caulking Applicators, Inc 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Precise Striping LLC 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lester Prairie Elem. School 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hyatt House Sandy 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE DGS-VDC 25 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: 2019, 2016. 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.