Magnet wire, insulated, made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants · Indiana
Essex Furukawa Fort Wayne Magnet Wire Plant
Fort Wayne, IN · ~106 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Essex Furukawa Fort Wayne Magnet Wire Plant runs at 233% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Magnet wire, insulated, made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants workplace, earning a grade F.
Essex Furukawa Fort Wayne Magnet Wire Plant: 7.7 TCR = 233% of Magnet wire, insulated, made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Essex Furukawa Fort Wayne Magnet Wire Plant safety composite
Essex Furukawa Fort Wayne Magnet Wire Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).
21/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.7 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.85 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% 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
Essex Furukawa Fort Wayne Magnet Wire Plant: 5.8 → 9.6 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 9.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.02× in 2024
Essex Furukawa Fort Wayne Magnet Wire Plant's TCR rose 3.8 from 5.8 in 2023 to 9.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331420 · Fort Wayne, IN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 233% of ind
- DART 7.8 DART
- RANK #20/23
- PHOTO GD Copper, (U.S.A.),…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 16 inj
- SIZE ~106 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: GD Copper, (U.S.A.), Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)
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Essex Furukawa Fort Wayne Magnet Wire Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Essex Group, I
Essex Group, Inc Franklin TN Plant
7.9 TCR
- This site
Essex Furukawa Fort Wayne Magnet Wire Plant
7.7 TCR
- GD Copper, (U.
GD Copper, (U.S.A.), Inc.
7.6 TCR
- The Electric M
The Electric Materials Company
7.5 TCR
- Therm-O-Link o
Therm-O-Link of Texas
7.5 TCR
What this shows Essex Furukawa Fort Wayne Magnet Wire Plant averages 7.7 TCR (233% of the Magnet wire, insulated, made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants BLS benchmark).
Essex Furukawa Fort Wayne Magnet Wire Plant TCR series: 2023=5.8 · 2024=9.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Essex Furukawa Fort Wayne Magnet Wire Plant falls in its industry
198 Magnet wire, insulated, made f establishmentsSafer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 23 Magnet wire, insulated, made f employers in Indiana.
Essex Furukawa Fort Wayne Magnet Wire Plant has fewer employees than the Magnet wire, insulated, made from purcha median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.6 | 7.8 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331420 · IN · Fort Wayne
198 Magnet wire, insulated, made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 634 employers in Fort Wayne, 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 | GD Copper, (U.S.A.), Inc. | 7.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Essex Group, Inc Franklin TN Plant | 7.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | The Electric Materials Company | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Therm-O-Link of Texas | 7.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Preferred, Inc. - Fort Wayne | 106 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bone Dry Roofing - Indianapolis | 106 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Morristown (OVC) | 106 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Oliver Winery | 106 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Parkview Memorial Hospital | 6,096 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Parkview North Hospital | 4,648 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Parkview Corporate Office | 3,312 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Shambaugh & Son LP | 3,072 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Gulf Distributing Company of Alabama | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Villara-Manteca | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Advex Corporation | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Marion Machine | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Wilmington | 106 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sodexo at Sharp Memorial Hospital Pom | 106 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Primus Pipe and Tube, Inc | 106 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | East Windsor | 106 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.