Iron foundries · Iowa
Faircast, Inc
Fairfield, IA · ~107 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Faircast, Inc runs at 355% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Iron foundries workplace, earning a grade F.
Faircast, Inc: 11.7 TCR = 355% of Iron foundries BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Faircast, Inc safety composite
Faircast, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).
32/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 11.7 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 22% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
Faircast, Inc: 9.3 → 12.3 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 23.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.59× in 2022
Faircast, Inc's TCR rose 3.0 from 9.3 in 2017 to 12.3 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 23.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331511 · Fairfield, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 11.7 · 355% of ind
- DART 6.9 DART
- RANK #10/14
- PHOTO Unicast Company
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 59 inj
- SIZE ~107 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Unicast Company (0.1 TCR gap)
Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Iowa employers → · Look up another →
Faircast, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Unicast Compan
Unicast Company
11.8 TCR
- Kitchen and Ba
Kitchen and Bath Cast Iron
11.8 TCR
- Atlas Foundry
Atlas Foundry Company, Inc
11.8 TCR
- This site
Faircast, Inc
11.7 TCR
- Stateline Foun
Stateline Foundries Inc
11.6 TCR
What this shows Faircast, Inc averages 11.7 TCR (355% of the Iron foundries BLS benchmark).
Faircast, Inc TCR series: 2017=9.3 · 2018=5.6 · 2019=7.9 · 2021=23.4 · 2022=12.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Faircast, Inc falls in its industry
272 Iron foundries establishmentsSafer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 14 Iron foundries employers in Iowa.
Faircast, Inc has fewer employees than the Iron foundries median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.2. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.3 | 6.9 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 23.4 | 13.1 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.9 | 5.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9.3 | 3.1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331511 · IA · Fairfield
272 Iron foundries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 30 employers in Fairfield, IA · 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 | Unicast Company | 11.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kitchen and Bath Cast Iron | 11.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Atlas Foundry Company, Inc | 11.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Stateline Foundries Inc | 11.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. | 107 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Larson Construction Co., Inc. | 107 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Palmer Candy Company Bluff St | 107 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PDM Precast | 107 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Eneric Petroleum Corp | 711 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Maharishi International University (MIU) | 500 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Jefferson County Health Center | 348 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Dexter Laundry Inc | 228 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 114418-Jax-North Jax Sta | 11.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 356745-Port Jefferson Sta Po | 11.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 5472-NAI-0033-0033-01598 | 11.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 5472-NAI-0033-0033-03510 | 11.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 4598-Rtc Fontana | 107 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | DC01 | 107 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MedVet Indianapolis | 107 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | St Joseph's a Villa Center | 107 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.