Smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary · Indiana

Exide Technologies

Muncie, IN · ~178 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Exide Technologies runs at 150% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary workplace, earning a grade D.

Exide Technologies: 5.0 TCR = 150% of Smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Exide Technologies safety composite

Exide Technologies scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).

D

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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%).

Exide Technologies held a steady TCR band

Exide Technologies's TCR held near 0.1 from 5.0 in 2017 to 4.9 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.0 · 2019=4.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331492 · Muncie, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 150% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO BASF Caldwell-TX
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~178 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BASF Caldwell-TX (0.0 TCR gap)

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Exide Technologies in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Exide Technologies averages 5.0 TCR (150% of the Smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary BLS benchmark).

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

Exide Technologies TCR series: 2017=5 · 2019=4.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Exide Technologies falls in its industry

132 Smelting and refining of nonfe establishments

Safer than 31% 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 #3 safest of 5 Smelting and refining of nonfe employers in Indiana.

Exide Technologies (178 employees, TCR 5.0) 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 Exide Technologies
Exide Technologies (178 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Exide Technologies has more employees than the Smelting and refining of nonferrous meta 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
2019 4.9 3.6 9 2 0
2017 5.0 0.4 11 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331492 · IN · Muncie

132 Smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 143 employers in Muncie, 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 BASF Caldwell-TX 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Resources Recycling Management LLC 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waelz Sustainable Products, LLC 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Steel Dust Recycling LLC 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE 205-NiSource-Gary IN-Operating HQ 178 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pacmoore process technologies llc 178 FTE
STATE-SIZE Richmond 178 FTE
STATE-SIZE State Wide Aluminum, Inc. 178 FTE
CITY-NEAR DIY Group Muncie 545 FTE
CITY-NEAR PMC Muncie IN Locomotive 521 FTE
CITY-NEAR TTS - Indiana 415 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1665 393 FTE
NAT-TCR Hatfield Facility 1 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Wheelabrator McKay Bay Inc. 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Bradley-Bourbonnais CHSD #307 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Final Mile NAS 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE KCOI 178 FTE
NAT-SIZE 129 - Bloomington-IL 178 FTE
NAT-SIZE Regulatory Services 178 FTE
NAT-SIZE Headquarters 178 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: 2019, 2017. 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.