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

Castek, Inc.

Elyria, OH · ~33 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Castek, Inc. runs at 413% 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, Inc.: 13.6 TCR = 413% of Aluminum castings (except die-castings), unfinished, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Castek, Inc. safety composite

Castek, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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).

D

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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

−15.2

2019→2024

Castek, Inc. injury rate improved

Castek, Inc.'s TCR fell 15.2 from 21.9 in 2019 to 6.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 21.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=21.9 · 2020=14.9 · 2021=9.4 · 2022=14.8 · 2023=14.2 · 2024=6.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 13.6 · 413% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #30/31
  • PHOTO Cast Metals Technolo…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cast Metals Technology Winchester (0.0 TCR gap)

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Castek, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Castek, Inc. averages 13.6 TCR (413% 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, Inc. TCR series: 2019=21.9 · 2020=14.9 · 2021=9.4 · 2022=14.8 · 2023=14.2 · 2024=6.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Castek, Inc. falls in its industry

156 Aluminum castings (except die- establishments

Safer than 13% 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 #30 safest of 31 Aluminum castings (except die- employers in Ohio.

Castek, Inc. (33 employees, TCR 13.6) 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, Inc.
Castek, Inc. (33 employees, TCR 13.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 7.0

Castek, Inc. 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
2024 6.7 3.3 1 1 0
2023 14.2 7.1 2 2 0
2022 14.8 7.4 3 1 0
2021 9.4 9.4 3 0 0
2020 14.9 7.4 5 1 0
2019 21.9 12.5 5 2 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 Cast Metals Technology Winchester 13.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR CASTEK ALUMINUM 13.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aluminum Foundry of Wisconsin LLC 13.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southern Casting Company 13.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Foertmeyer & Sons Greenhouse 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trillium Farms Croton Pullet 1 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative, Inc. 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Philadelphia Service Building 33 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 NB46 13.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Avante at Boca Raton 13.6 TCR
NAT-TCR V & S Construction Services, Inc 13.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1157 13.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE KC Windustrial 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Towne Place Buffalo 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wrap-Ups, Inc 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pompano Beach RPC 33 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.