Steel investment foundries · Kentucky
DAFCO
Louisville, KY · ~75 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
DAFCO runs at 264% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Steel investment foundries workplace, earning a grade F.
DAFCO: 8.7 TCR = 264% of Steel investment foundries BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
DAFCO safety composite
DAFCO scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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).
20/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.71 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 14.83 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% 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
DAFCO: 7.6 → 14.8 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 18.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.7× in 2024
DAFCO's TCR rose 7.2 from 7.6 in 2017 to 14.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 18.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331512 · Louisville, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 8.7 · 264% of ind
- DART 14.8 DART
- RANK P16
- PHOTO Wisconsin Precision …
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 28 inj
- SIZE ~75 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Wisconsin Precision Casting Corp (0.1 TCR gap)
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DAFCO in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Barron Industr
Barron Industries.com
9.3 TCR
- Richwood Inves
Richwood Investment Castings, Inc.
9.3 TCR
- Invest Cast In
Invest Cast Inc
9.1 TCR
- This site
DAFCO
8.7 TCR
- Wisconsin Prec
Wisconsin Precision Casting Corp
8.6 TCR
What this shows DAFCO averages 8.7 TCR (264% of the Steel investment foundries BLS benchmark).
DAFCO TCR series: 2017=7.6 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=18.1 · 2021=10.7 · 2022=0.1 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=14.8 · BLS 3.3
Where DAFCO falls in its industry
89 Steel investment foundries establishmentsSafer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.
DAFCO has fewer employees than the Steel investment foundries median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 10.7 | 4.6 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331512 · KY · Louisville
89 Steel investment foundries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 1,638 employers in Louisville, KY · 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 | Wisconsin Precision Casting Corp | 8.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Invest Cast Inc | 9.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Barron Industries.com | 9.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Richwood Investment Castings, Inc. | 9.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Danny's Construction Company LLC- Kansas | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Green Mechanical Construction, Inc - Lexington | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Brown Spirnkler Corpration (Louisville, KY) | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | OVC Engineered Solutions | 75 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Jefferson County Public Schools | 18,524 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | KYGRA - WORLDPORT | 11,933 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WORLDPORT (KYGRA) | 9,667 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | KTKY TRUCK | 8,757 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | A-1 Logging, Inc. | 8.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1203 Lomita | 8.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Millwood, Inc. Waverly | 8.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | City of Costa Mesa | 8.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | LexTM3 - Florida | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Innovative Machining, LLC | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Clark's Mountain | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Inno Flex | 75 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.