Plumbing fixtures, metal, manufacturing · Maryland

Dixon Valve and Coupling Co. BOSS Division

Chestertown, MD · ~91 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dixon Valve and Coupling Co. BOSS Division runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Plumbing fixtures, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Dixon Valve and Coupling Co. BOSS Division: 2.0 TCR = 60% of Plumbing fixtures, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dixon Valve and Coupling Co. BOSS Division safety composite

Dixon Valve and Coupling Co. BOSS Division scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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 Valve and Coupling Co. BOSS Division: 0.0 → 1.4 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 4.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Dixon Valve and Coupling Co. BOSS Division's TCR rose 1.4 from 0.0 in 2021 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 60% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P81
  • PHOTO Power Packer
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Power Packer (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dixon Valve and Coupling Co. BOSS Division in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dixon Valve and Coupling Co. BOSS Division averages 2.0 TCR (60% of the Plumbing fixtures, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Dixon Valve and Coupling Co. BOSS Division TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Dixon Valve and Coupling Co. BOSS Division falls in its industry

827 Plumbing fixtures, metal, manu establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Dixon Valve and Coupling Co. BOSS Division (91 employees, TCR 2.0) 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 Valve and Coupling Co. BOSS Division
Dixon Valve and Coupling Co. BOSS Division (91 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Dixon Valve and Coupling Co. BOSS Division has more employees than the Plumbing fixtures, 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 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2023 4.1 2.7 3 0 0
2022 2.4 2.4 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332999 · MD · Chestertown

827 Plumbing fixtures, 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 Power Packer 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thermo-Rite Manufacturing Company, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Randall Manufacturing 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Standard Solar, Inc. 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harbor Roofing and Contracting, Inc. 2020 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Linthicum, 805 Pinnacle Drive 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE WASHINGTON DC 91 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 Parkdale Mills, Inc Plant 16 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Heubel Material Handling, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Midland Ford Lincoln, Inc 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Siri and Son Farms 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cutting Edge Machine and Tool 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amcor Flexibles Yuba City 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tech Painting Company, Inc 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Riverview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 91 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. 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.