Machine bases, metal, manufacturing · Maryland

Dixon DDC MD

Chestertown, MD · ~70 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dixon DDC MD runs at 25% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Machine bases, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Dixon DDC MD: 0.8 TCR = 25% of Machine bases, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dixon DDC MD safety composite

Dixon DDC MD scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Dixon DDC MD: 0.0 → 1.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 1.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2.01× in 2024

Dixon DDC MD's TCR rose 1.7 from 0.0 in 2022 to 1.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332999 · Chestertown, MD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 25% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK P93
  • PHOTO Manufacturing Scienc…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Manufacturing Sciences Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dixon DDC MD in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dixon DDC MD averages 0.8 TCR (25% of the Machine bases, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Dixon DDC MD TCR series: 2022=0 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Dixon DDC MD falls in its industry

827 Machine bases, metal, manufact establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Dixon DDC MD (70 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Dixon DDC MD
Dixon DDC MD (70 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Dixon DDC MD has more employees than the Machine bases, metal, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332999 · MD · Chestertown

827 Machine bases, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 23 employers in Chestertown, MD · 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 Manufacturing Sciences Corporation 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Duke Manufacturing Company - St. Louis 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ultra Clean Technology - Hayward 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tailor Welded Blanks Monroe 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Leonardtown Office 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Belair Road 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE O'Leary Asphalt Inc. 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE BALTIMORE MANUFACTURING OHD 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dixon Valve and Coupling Company 285 FTE
CITY-NEAR ACTS Retirement-Life Communities - Heron Point 177 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown 160 FTE
CITY-NEAR ACTS Retirement-Life Communities-Heron Point 123 FTE
NAT-TCR TK Elevator Alexandria 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Minnesota West Community & Technical College Worthington 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Dudley Construction, Ltd. 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR USA-UT: Kilm 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Stewart's Lawn Care 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE TK Elevator Broadview Heights 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Metro Consulting Associates, LLC. 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE TMX2173 70 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, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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