Nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) secondary smelting and refining · Indiana

Esm Group Inc. - Kingsbury, in

Kingsbury, IN · ~20 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Esm Group Inc. - Kingsbury, in runs at 42% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) secondary smelting and refining workplace, earning a grade A.

Esm Group Inc. - Kingsbury, in: 1.4 TCR = 42% of Nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) secondary smelting and refining BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Esm Group Inc. - Kingsbury, in safety composite

Esm Group Inc. - Kingsbury, in 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

Esm Group Inc. - Kingsbury, in: 0.0 → 4.1 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 4.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2018

Esm Group Inc. - Kingsbury, in's TCR rose 4.1 from 0.0 in 2016 to 4.1 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331492 · Kingsbury, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 42% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/5
  • PHOTO Befesa Zinc US Inc
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Befesa Zinc US Inc (0.1 TCR gap)

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Esm Group Inc. - Kingsbury, in in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Esm Group Inc. - Kingsbury, in averages 1.4 TCR (42% of the Nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) secondary smelting and refining BLS benchmark).

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

Esm Group Inc. - Kingsbury, in TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=4.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Esm Group Inc. - Kingsbury, in falls in its industry

132 Nonferrous metals (except alum establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 5 Nonferrous metals (except alum employers in Indiana.

Esm Group Inc. - Kingsbury, in (20 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Esm Group Inc. - Kingsbury, in
Esm Group Inc. - Kingsbury, in (20 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Esm Group Inc. - Kingsbury, in has fewer employees than the Nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copp median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2018 4.1 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331492 · IN · Kingsbury

132 Nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) secondary smelting and refining employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 4 employers in Kingsbury, IN · 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 Befesa Zinc US Inc 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR JohnsonMfg 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR MMA Aero 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metal Management Midwest, Inc (dba Sims Precious Metals) 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hoosierland Pork 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Interstate Family Farm, LLC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corydon Growout 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE HVA P&C Inc. 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dwyer Instruments Inc - Kingsbury IN 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kingsbury Castings 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR S06740 - LaPorte Hauling 28 FTE
NAT-TCR Talking Rain Beverage Company 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Broughton - Marietta 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Compassionate Care Hospice of Parsippany 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR drake farms trucking 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Save-A-Lot #24335 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Agile Sign & Lighting Maintenance, Inc 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wisconsin Branch 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Office 20 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.