Copper products made in integrated secondary smelting mills and drawing plants · Indiana
Essex Furukawa Metals Processing Center
Columbia City, IN · ~60 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 12.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Essex Furukawa Metals Processing Center runs at 370% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Copper products made in integrated secondary smelting mills and drawing plants workplace, earning a grade F.
Essex Furukawa Metals Processing Center: 12.2 TCR = 370% of Copper products made in integrated secondary smelting mills and drawing plants BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Essex Furukawa Metals Processing Center safety composite
Essex Furukawa Metals Processing Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).
14/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 12.21 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 18.89 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% 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 Metals Processing Center: 9.7 → 18.9 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 18.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.55× in 2023
Essex Furukawa Metals Processing Center's TCR rose 9.2 from 9.7 in 2020 to 18.9 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331420 · Columbia City, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 12.2 · 370% of ind
- DART 18.9 DART
- RANK #23/23
- PHOTO The Federal Metal Co…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 26 inj
- SIZE ~60 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: The Federal Metal Co. PA (0.5 TCR gap)
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Essex Furukawa Metals Processing Center in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Vulkor
Vulkor
13 TCR
- The Federal Me
The Federal Metal Co. PA
12.8 TCR
- This site
Essex Furukawa Metals Processing Center
12.2 TCR
- SA Alloys
SA Alloys
11.4 TCR
- Lake Copper Co
Lake Copper Conductors - Eastland
11 TCR
What this shows Essex Furukawa Metals Processing Center averages 12.2 TCR (370% of the Copper products made in integrated secondary smelting mills and drawing plants BLS benchmark).
Essex Furukawa Metals Processing Center TCR series: 2020=9.7 · 2021=8.1 · 2023=18.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Essex Furukawa Metals Processing Center falls in its industry
198 Copper products made in integr establishmentsSafer than 3% 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 #23 safest of 23 Copper products made in integr employers in Indiana.
Essex Furukawa Metals Processing Center has fewer employees than the Copper products made in integrated secon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 18.9 | 18.9 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.1 | 6.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9.7 | 6.4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331420 · IN · Columbia City
198 Copper products made in integrated secondary smelting mills and drawing plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 67 employers in Columbia City, 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 | The Federal Metal Co. PA | 12.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SA Alloys | 11.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Vulkor | 13.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lake Copper Conductors - Eastland | 11.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | River View Farms Inc | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Advantix Development Corporation | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Performance Contractors, Inc. - Duke Energy - Edwardsport | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Winco Construction Company | 60 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Structural and Rail | 944 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Steel Dynamics Structural & Rail Division | 802 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lear Corporation - Columbia City | 529 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Undersea Sensor Systems Inc | 527 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Fleet 1990 W. 500 So. | 12.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Filosa Convalescent Home, Inc. | 12.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lawton Senior Living | 12.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rolling Hill | 12.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Residential HVAC and Supply : WHSE-Atlanta, GA-USA | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Parts Authority Brakes | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Empire Electric Association | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | U of Pitt Greensbur* | 60 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.