Rod, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants · Indiana
Essex Group, Inc
Columbia City, IN · ~63 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Essex Group, Inc runs at 204% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Rod, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants workplace, earning a grade F.
Essex Group, Inc: 6.7 TCR = 204% of Rod, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Essex Group, Inc safety composite
Essex Group, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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).
33/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.73 per 100 workers
Safer than 21% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.06 per 100 workers
Safer than 34% 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%).
TCR Δ
−1.2
2016→2018
Essex Group, Inc injury rate improved
Essex Group, Inc's TCR fell 1.2 from 7.3 in 2016 to 6.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=7.3 · 2018=6.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331420 · Columbia City, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 204% of ind
- DART 3.1 DART
- RANK #19/23
- PHOTO Bayway Operations
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~63 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Bayway Operations (0.0 TCR gap)
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Essex Group, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Astroseal Prod
Astroseal Products Mfg. Corp.
6.8 TCR
- This site
Essex Group, Inc
6.7 TCR
- Bayway Operati
Bayway Operations
6.7 TCR
- Fisk Alloy Con
Fisk Alloy Conductor
6.7 TCR
- Therm-O-Link
Therm-O-Link
6.6 TCR
What this shows Essex Group, Inc averages 6.7 TCR (204% of the Rod, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants BLS benchmark).
Essex Group, Inc TCR series: 2016=7.3 · 2018=6.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Essex Group, Inc falls in its industry
198 Rod, copper and copper alloy, establishmentsSafer than 21% 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 #19 safest of 23 Rod, copper and copper alloy, employers in Indiana.
Essex Group, Inc has fewer employees than the Rod, copper and copper alloy, made from 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6.1 | 3.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7.3 | 4.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331420 · IN · Columbia City
198 Rod, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding 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 | Bayway Operations | 6.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fisk Alloy Conductor | 6.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Astroseal Products Mfg. Corp. | 6.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Therm-O-Link | 6.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Total Seed Production | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Johnson County REMC | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Loren Wood Builders | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | RLTurner | 63 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 | San Antonio (Txlop) | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lawton (Oklaw) | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Omegasea LLC | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sonesta Coconut Grove | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Piper Plastic Illinois | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Woodward Printing Services/GIL Shopping News | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cascades Tissue Group North Carolina - Rockingham | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | RAFS of Pensacola, Inc | 63 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.