Precision turned product manufacturing · Maryland

Dixon Valve and Coupling Company

Name: Dixon Valve and Coupling Company Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chestertown, MD · ~285 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Dixon Valve and Coupling Company runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Precision turned product manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Dixon Valve and Coupling Company: 4.3 TCR = 132% of Precision turned product manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dixon Valve and Coupling Company safety composite

Dixon Valve and Coupling Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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).

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.4

2017→2020

Dixon Valve and Coupling Company injury rate improved

Dixon Valve and Coupling Company's TCR fell 3.4 from 5.1 in 2017 to 1.7 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.1 · 2018=8.2 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332721 · Chestertown, MD ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 132% of ind

DART 1.7 DART
RANK P42
PHOTO TEAM Industries - An…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 47 inj
SIZE ~285 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TEAM Industries - Andrews (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.4
This site

4.3
TEAM Industrie

4.3
Autocam Corpor

4.3
RBC AERO COMPO

4.3

What this shows Dixon Valve and Coupling Company averages 4.3 TCR (132% of the Precision turned product manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Dixon Valve and Coupling Company TCR series: 2017=5.1 · 2018=8.2 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=1.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Dixon Valve and Coupling Company falls in its industry

464 Precision turned product manuf establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Dixon Valve and Coupling Company (285 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Dixon Valve and Coupling Company has more employees than the Precision turned product manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2020	1.7	1.7	1	0
2019	2.4	1.1	8	1
2018	8.2	3.5	21	0
2017	5.1	2.3	17	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332721 · MD · Chestertown

464 Precision turned product 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	TEAM Industries - Andrews	ANDREWS, NC	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Autocam Corporation Marshall	MARSHALL, MI	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	RBC AERO COMPONENTS	BALL GROUND, GA	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Invo Spline, Inc.	WARREN, MI	4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Harkins Builders, Inc.	COLUMBIA	285 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Century Engineering, Inc.	HUNT VALLEY	285 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Elk Creek 3	ELKTON	285 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ACTS Retirement Life Communities - Bayleigh Chase	EASTON	285 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ACTS Retirement-Life Communities - Heron Point	Chestertown	177 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown	Chestertown	160 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ACTS Retirement-Life Communities-Heron Point	Chestertown	123 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Gillespie Precast - Plant 2	Chestertown	103 FTE
NAT-TCR	OmniSource LLC - NOD Trucking	Toledo, OH	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Midwest Health Services, Inc.	Massillon, OH	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Simon Roofing and Sheet Metal Corp - SR Products	Struthers, OH	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Appling County Pellets, LLC	Baxley, GA	4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Winnebago Industries - Towables Middlebury	Middlebury, IN	285 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ionia Correctional Facility	Ionia, MI	285 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Jefferson Primary School	Pekin, IL	285 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Uncle Giuseppe's Ramsey, Inc.	Ramsey, NJ	285 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.