Copper foundries (except die-casting) · Illinois

Aurora Metals Division LLC

Montgomery, IL · ~118 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Aurora Metals Division LLC runs at 287% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Copper foundries (except die-casting) workplace, earning a grade F.

Aurora Metals Division LLC: 9.5 TCR = 287% of Copper foundries (except die-casting) BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Aurora Metals Division LLC safety composite

Aurora Metals Division LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Aurora Metals Division LLC: 3.6 → 9.5 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 17.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.42× in 2024

Aurora Metals Division LLC's TCR rose 5.9 from 3.6 in 2016 to 9.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 17.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331529 · Montgomery, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.5 · 287% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #9/11
  • PHOTO Spokane Industries
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 78 inj
  • SIZE ~118 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Spokane Industries (0.3 TCR gap)

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Aurora Metals Division LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Aurora Metals Division LLC averages 9.5 TCR (287% of the Copper foundries (except die-casting) BLS benchmark).

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

Aurora Metals Division LLC TCR series: 2016=3.6 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=7.9 · 2019=8 · 2020=13 · 2021=17.6 · 2024=9.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Aurora Metals Division LLC falls in its industry

124 Copper foundries (except die-c establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 11 Copper foundries (except die-c employers in Illinois.

Aurora Metals Division LLC (118 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 5.4 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 02004006008001,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Aurora Metals Division LLC
Aurora Metals Division LLC (118 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 5.4

Aurora Metals Division LLC has more employees than the Copper foundries (except die-casting) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.4. 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 9.5 4.0 9 3 0
2021 17.6 8.4 19 2 0
2020 13.0 6.9 15 0 0
2019 8.0 3.3 11 1 0
2018 7.9 1.3 10 2 0
2017 6.8 2.0 10 0 0
2016 3.6 2.1 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331529 · IL · Montgomery

124 Copper foundries (except die-casting) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 66 employers in Montgomery, IL · 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 Spokane Industries 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR FF44436 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Walla Walla Foundry Inc. 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fox Hills Industries 10.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Illiopolis, IL 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2508-Waterman, IL (Monsanto Co.) 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rock River Water Reclamation District 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michels Pipeline- IL 118 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aurora Facility 1,328 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carl Buddig & Company-Montgomery 575 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foodservice Chicago - 0785 433 FTE
CITY-NEAR Performance Chicago - 0785 413 FTE
NAT-TCR Careone at Sommerset Valley 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Bath 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR T-Ross Brothers Construction, Inc. 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Love Beets Production 9.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE ACTIA Corp 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arkal Automotive USA Inc. 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Premium Waters, Inc. 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Industrial Construction Services and Design Inc 118 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.