Aluminum die-casting foundries · Illinois

Duro Cast Inc

Somonauk, IL · ~27 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Duro Cast Inc runs at 404% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Aluminum die-casting foundries workplace, earning a grade F.

Duro Cast Inc: 13.3 TCR = 404% of Aluminum die-casting foundries BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Duro Cast Inc safety composite

Duro Cast Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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).

F

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

−6.0

2016→2023

Duro Cast Inc injury rate improved

Duro Cast Inc's TCR fell 6.0 from 14.4 in 2016 to 8.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 36.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=14.4 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=16.6 · 2021=36.1 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=8.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331523 · Somonauk, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.3 · 404% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #16/17
  • PHOTO TEAM Industries
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TEAM Industries (0.1 TCR gap)

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Duro Cast Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Duro Cast Inc averages 13.3 TCR (404% of the Aluminum die-casting foundries BLS benchmark).

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

Duro Cast Inc TCR series: 2016=14.4 · 2018=0 · 2019=16.6 · 2021=36.1 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=8.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Duro Cast Inc falls in its industry

221 Aluminum die-casting foundries establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 17 Aluminum die-casting foundries employers in Illinois.

Duro Cast Inc (27 employees, TCR 13.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Duro Cast Inc
Duro Cast Inc (27 employees, TCR 13.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Duro Cast Inc has fewer employees than the Aluminum die-casting foundries median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2023 8.4 4.2 2 0 0
2022 4.6 4.6 1 0 0
2021 36.1 0.0 8 0 0
2019 16.6 0.0 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 14.4 7.2 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331523 · IL · Somonauk

221 Aluminum die-casting foundries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 5 employers in Somonauk, IL · 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 TEAM Industries 13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pinnacle 13.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tru Die Cast Corp 13.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advance Die Cast LLC 13.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pizzo Native Plant Nursery, LLC 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE C070 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stonington, IL-R&D 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bloomington 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Somonauk Community Fire Protection District 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Somonauk 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR PTS Worldwide Inc 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amco Machine 24 FTE
NAT-TCR 0893 - Sacramento Ca Bus Ctr 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Fort Worth Express 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Bristol 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR GLV Enterprises, Inc 13.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Holmes Foods Inc. / Feedmill 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE WESTCO - Gering Agronomy 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Our Lady of Life 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maple Suites 27 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.