Bolts, metal, manufacturing · Indiana

Fontana Fasteners

Frankfort, IN · ~104 workers · 6 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

Fontana Fasteners runs at 150% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bolts, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Fontana Fasteners: 5.0 TCR = 150% of Bolts, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fontana Fasteners safety composite

Fontana Fasteners scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−3.7

2017→2022

Fontana Fasteners injury rate improved

Fontana Fasteners's TCR fell 3.7 from 5.0 in 2017 to 1.3 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.0 · 2018=6.8 · 2019=8.0 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=4.0 · 2022=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332722 · Frankfort, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 150% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #14/23
  • PHOTO Threaded Fasteners, …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 44 inj
  • SIZE ~104 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Threaded Fasteners, Inc. (Semmes 002) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fontana Fasteners in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fontana Fasteners averages 5.0 TCR (150% of the Bolts, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Fontana Fasteners TCR series: 2017=5 · 2018=6.8 · 2019=8 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=4 · 2022=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Fontana Fasteners falls in its industry

335 Bolts, metal, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 23 Bolts, metal, manufacturing employers in Indiana.

Fontana Fasteners (104 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Fontana Fasteners
Fontana Fasteners (104 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Fontana Fasteners has more employees than the Bolts, metal, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2021 4.0 4.0 3 0 0
2020 4.6 3.1 3 0 0
2019 8.0 4.9 18 0 0
2018 6.8 3.4 11 1 0
2017 5.0 3.8 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332722 · IN · Frankfort

335 Bolts, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 47 employers in Frankfort, 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 Threaded Fasteners, Inc. (Semmes 002) 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ferry Cap and Set Screw 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gripnail a Carlisle Brand 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ohio Screw Products, Inc. 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Worthington - US - Production 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE Muncie Service Center 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pangere 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE Native Hardwoods 104 FTE
CITY-NEAR FRANKFORT EAST PLANT 861 FTE
CITY-NEAR NHK Seating of America 822 FTE
CITY-NEAR FRANKFORT CORE 632 FTE
CITY-NEAR FRANKFORT EAST 614 FTE
NAT-TCR Allied Waste Services of Massachusetts, LLC 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Sanderson Farms St. Pauls Live Haul 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 332206-Dov-Dover Carrier Anx 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR East Bay Tree 49280 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Woodridge (BAMG) 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE Herker Industries, Inc - Plant 1 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sahale Snacks Inc 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE Park Villa 104 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.