Glass, automotive, made from purchased glass · Indiana

Carlex Auburn Glass Plant

Auburn, IN · ~342 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carlex Auburn Glass Plant runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Glass, automotive, made from purchased glass workplace, earning a grade B.

Carlex Auburn Glass Plant: 2.4 TCR = 71% of Glass, automotive, made from purchased glass BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carlex Auburn Glass Plant safety composite

Carlex Auburn Glass Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% 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).

C

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.7

2016→2024

Carlex Auburn Glass Plant injury rate improved

Carlex Auburn Glass Plant's TCR fell 2.7 from 4.0 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.0 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327215 · Auburn, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 71% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #8/21
  • PHOTO Coral Industries (CAP)
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~342 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Coral Industries (CAP) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carlex Auburn Glass Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carlex Auburn Glass Plant averages 2.4 TCR (71% of the Glass, automotive, made from purchased glass BLS benchmark).

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

Carlex Auburn Glass Plant TCR series: 2016=4 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Carlex Auburn Glass Plant falls in its industry

441 Glass, automotive, made from p establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 21 Glass, automotive, made from p employers in Indiana.

Carlex Auburn Glass Plant (342 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 94 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Carlex Auburn Glass Plant
Carlex Auburn Glass Plant (342 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 94 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Carlex Auburn Glass Plant has more employees than the Glass, automotive, made from purchased g median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 1.3 1.0 4 0 0
2023 1.7 0.7 5 0 0
2016 4.0 2.9 20 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327215 · IN · Auburn

441 Glass, automotive, made from purchased glass employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 50 employers in Auburn, IN · 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 Coral Industries (CAP) 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cardinal CT - Easton CT 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Altoga 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Buford CG 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Weigand Construction Inc. 342 FTE
STATE-SIZE Howard County Highway Department 342 FTE
STATE-SIZE Indianapolis IN (Reddi Wip) 342 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nucor (Vulcraft Division) 342 FTE
CITY-NEAR DeKalb Health 641 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6074 575 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cooper Standard Automotive 503 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6074 502 FTE
NAT-TCR Great Northern Corporation - Chippewa Falls 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR ADMINISTRATION 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR WI Roller - ARCo 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR CP&P Dunn Precast 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brescome Barton, Inc 342 FTE
NAT-SIZE IKEA #028 Portland 342 FTE
NAT-SIZE Commercial Center 342 FTE
NAT-SIZE Schaumburg Toyota Inc. 342 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, 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.