Sand castings, aluminum, unfinished, manufacturing · Arkansas

Francis M. Dix Company, Inc.

Mena, AR · ~24 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

Francis M. Dix Company, Inc. runs at 310% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sand castings, aluminum, unfinished, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Francis M. Dix Company, Inc.: 10.2 TCR = 310% of Sand castings, aluminum, unfinished, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Francis M. Dix Company, Inc. safety composite

Francis M. Dix Company, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

D

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% 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%).

TCR Δ

−16.6

2016→2024

Francis M. Dix Company, Inc. injury rate improved

Francis M. Dix Company, Inc.'s TCR fell 16.6 from 20.7 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 20.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=20.7 · 2017=12.8 · 2018=3.9 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=17.1 · 2021=14.7 · 2022=10.4 · 2023=4.0 · 2024=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331524 · Mena, AR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.2 · 310% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P22
  • PHOTO Bodine Aluminum, Inc…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bodine Aluminum, Inc. - Troy (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Arkansas employers → · Look up another →

Francis M. Dix Company, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Francis M. Dix Company, Inc. averages 10.2 TCR (310% of the Sand castings, aluminum, unfinished, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Francis M. Dix Company, Inc. TCR series: 2016=20.7 · 2017=12.8 · 2018=3.9 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=17.1 · 2021=14.7 · 2022=10.4 · 2023=4 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Francis M. Dix Company, Inc. falls in its industry

156 Sand castings, aluminum, unfin establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Francis M. Dix Company, Inc. (24 employees, TCR 10.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 7.0 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Francis M. Dix Company, Inc.
Francis M. Dix Company, Inc. (24 employees, TCR 10.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 7.0

Francis M. Dix Company, Inc. has fewer employees than the Sand castings, aluminum, unfinished, man median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.0. 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
2024 4.2 0.0 0 1 0
2023 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2022 10.4 3.5 2 1 0
2021 14.7 14.7 4 0 0
2020 17.1 17.1 4 0 0
2019 4.2 0.0 1 0 0
2018 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2017 12.8 12.8 3 0 0
2016 20.7 8.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331524 · AR · Mena

156 Sand castings, aluminum, unfinished, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 19 employers in Mena, AR · 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 Bodine Aluminum, Inc. - Troy 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wolverine Bronze Company 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Machine & Tool Foundry 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR LeClaire MFG Foundry 10.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Peco Foods Inc-Live Haul 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Taylor Gin Co 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE AECI - Dell Power Plant 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Producers Rice Mill, Inc. Stuttgart Construction 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nidec Motor Corporation - Mena 415 FTE
CITY-NEAR 67 297 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 67 296 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mena Hospital Commission 272 FTE
NAT-TCR Paul Davis Systems of Omaha, Inc. 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Goetsch's Welding & Machine, Inc. 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR National TN - 0802 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hilton Garden Inn Yakima 10.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dulany Industries - Wilbara 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1021 - BELFOR Springfield OR 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pottsville Facility 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ace Hardware 24 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.