Aluminum castings (except die-castings), unfinished, manufacturing · Ohio

Castek Aluminum

Elyria, OH · ~36 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Castek Aluminum runs at 404% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Aluminum castings (except die-castings), unfinished, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Castek Aluminum: 13.3 TCR = 404% of Aluminum castings (except die-castings), unfinished, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Castek Aluminum safety composite

Castek Aluminum scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−2.3

2016→2018

Castek Aluminum injury rate improved

Castek Aluminum's TCR fell 2.3 from 13.3 in 2016 to 11.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 15.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.3 · 2017=15.6 · 2018=11.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331524 · Elyria, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.3 · 404% of ind

  • DART 11.0 DART
  • RANK #29/31
  • PHOTO Aluminum Foundry of …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Aluminum Foundry of Wisconsin LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Castek Aluminum in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Castek Aluminum averages 13.3 TCR (404% of the Aluminum castings (except die-castings), unfinished, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Castek Aluminum TCR series: 2016=13.3 · 2017=15.6 · 2018=11 · BLS 3.3

Where Castek Aluminum falls in its industry

156 Aluminum castings (except die- establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 31 Aluminum castings (except die- employers in Ohio.

Castek Aluminum (36 employees, TCR 13.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 7.0 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 Castek Aluminum
Castek Aluminum (36 employees, TCR 13.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 7.0

Castek Aluminum has fewer employees than the Aluminum castings (except die-castings), median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.0. 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
2018 11.0 11.0 4 1 0
2017 15.6 8.9 7 0 0
2016 13.3 2.7 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331524 · OH · Elyria

156 Aluminum castings (except die-castings), unfinished, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 118 employers in Elyria, OH · 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 Aluminum Foundry of Wisconsin LLC 13.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southern Casting Company 13.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR CASTEK, INC. 13.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cast Metals Technology Winchester 13.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE STEYER SEEDS LLC 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Biosecurity Building 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE BrennCo Inc 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE EAST CREEK FARM LLC 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elyria Medical Center 1,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, LLC - Elyria 680 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ridge Tool 655 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4255 404 FTE
NAT-TCR City of Ottumwa, Iowa 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR HE Medical Transportation 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR The Laurels of Sandy Creek 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Arlington Heights IL Store 13.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Coyote Lake Feedyard Inc. 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Royal St. Charles 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Joseph Hospital Family Medicine Nashua 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Norris Sales Company Inc. 2 36 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: 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.