Foundry casting molds manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Ashland Foundry & Machine Works, LLC

Ashland, PA · ~144 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ashland Foundry & Machine Works, LLC runs at 198% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Foundry casting molds manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Ashland Foundry & Machine Works, LLC: 6.5 TCR = 198% of Foundry casting molds manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ashland Foundry & Machine Works, LLC safety composite

Ashland Foundry & Machine Works, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

−1.3

2019→2024

Ashland Foundry & Machine Works, LLC injury rate improved

Ashland Foundry & Machine Works, LLC's TCR fell 1.3 from 6.8 in 2019 to 5.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 9.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=6.8 · 2020=6.3 · 2021=6.9 · 2022=4.1 · 2023=9.6 · 2024=5.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333511 · Ashland, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 198% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #10/14
  • PHOTO CACO PACIFIC Corpora…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 46 inj
  • SIZE ~144 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CACO PACIFIC Corporation (0.2 TCR gap)

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Ashland Foundry & Machine Works, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ashland Foundry & Machine Works, LLC averages 6.5 TCR (198% of the Foundry casting molds manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ashland Foundry & Machine Works, LLC TCR series: 2019=6.8 · 2020=6.3 · 2021=6.9 · 2022=4.1 · 2023=9.6 · 2024=5.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Ashland Foundry & Machine Works, LLC falls in its industry

216 Foundry casting molds manufact establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 14 Foundry casting molds manufact employers in Pennsylvania.

Ashland Foundry & Machine Works, LLC (144 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ashland Foundry & Machine Works, LLC
Ashland Foundry & Machine Works, LLC (144 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Ashland Foundry & Machine Works, LLC has more employees than the Foundry casting molds manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2024 5.5 4.7 6 1 0
2023 9.6 6.1 7 4 0
2022 4.1 2.5 5 0 0
2021 6.9 4.3 8 0 0
2020 6.3 5.5 8 0 0
2019 6.8 4.5 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333511 · PA · Ashland

216 Foundry casting molds manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 10 employers in Ashland, 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 CACO PACIFIC Corporation 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR RH Sheppard 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cavaform International, LLC 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR L&Z Tool and Engineering, Inc. 6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Donna Bella Farms LLC 144 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wilson Excavating and Utility Construction LLC 144 FTE
STATE-SIZE GAI-Tronics 144 FTE
STATE-SIZE Union Pipeline 144 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tri-State Ashland 253 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tri-State Envelope Corporation 245 FTE
CITY-NEAR #212 Gordon, Pa 195 FTE
CITY-NEAR T-S Envelope LLC 156 FTE
NAT-TCR Progreso LMMM Dallas #4,LLC 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 0198 - Culver City Jefferson 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Midwest Electric and Generator 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Raynor Garage Doors 6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE McKay Nursery Company 144 FTE
NAT-SIZE Merrick Industries, Inc. 144 FTE
NAT-SIZE A&K Earthmovers 144 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boulevard Temple Care Center 144 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, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.