Hose, flexible metal, manufacturing · Indiana

Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Name: Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
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Elkhart, IN · ~188 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

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

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The verdict

Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc. runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Hose, flexible metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc.: 2.0 TCR = 60% of Hose, flexible metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc. safety composite

Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% 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).

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Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc.: 0.5 → 4.9 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 4.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.7× in 2018

Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s TCR rose 4.4 from 0.5 in 2016 to 4.9 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332999 · Elkhart, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 60% of ind

DART 1.4 DART
RANK #4/47
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BOOK 3y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~188 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dixon Valve and Coupling Co. BOSS Division (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc. averages 2.0 TCR (60% of the Hose, flexible metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc. TCR series: 2016=0.5 · 2017=0.6 · 2018=4.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc. falls in its industry

827 Hose, flexible metal, manufact establishments

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

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 47 Hose, flexible metal, manufact employers in Indiana.

Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc. (188 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc. has more employees than the Hose, flexible 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
2018	4.9	1.4	7
2017	0.6	0.0	1
2016	0.5	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332999 · IN · Elkhart

827 Hose, flexible metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 401 employers in Elkhart, IN · 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	Dixon Valve and Coupling Co. BOSS Division	CHESTERTOWN, MD	2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Power Packer	WESTFIELD, WI	2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Thermo-Rite Manufacturing Company, Inc.	AKRON, OH	2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Gamco- A Division of Bobrick	DURANT, OK	2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	idX - Louisville	JEFFERSONVILLE	188 FTE
STATE-SIZE	004 LCI	GOSHEN	188 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Elkhart Brass	ELKHART	188 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sony DADC	TERRE HAUTE	188 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Forest River, Inc.	Elkhart	12,549 FTE
CITY-NEAR	THOR MOTOR COACH	Elkhart	2,437 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Elkhart Community Schools	Elkhart	1,892 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HRV LLC	Elkhart	1,692 FTE
NAT-TCR	WVUH Student Health and Urgent Care	Morgantown, WV	2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Shire: Alewife	Cambridge, MA	2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Amcoer Allentown	Allentown, PA	2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sea Ray Merritt Island Complex	Merritt Island, FL	2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Heritage Health - Springfield	Springfield, IL	188 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sales - Las Vegas Boulevard	Las Vegas, NV	188 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Manor Care Health Services - Richmond	Richmond, VA	188 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bemis North America - Lancaster	Lancaster, WI	188 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.