Ductile iron foundries · Alabama

Franklin Iron LLC

Thorsby, AL · ~72 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Franklin Iron LLC runs at 206% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ductile iron foundries workplace, earning a grade F.

Franklin Iron LLC: 6.8 TCR = 206% of Ductile iron foundries BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Franklin Iron LLC safety composite

Franklin Iron LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 94% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52%), 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% 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

−2.8

2022→2024

Franklin Iron LLC injury rate improved

Franklin Iron LLC's TCR fell 2.8 from 9.0 in 2022 to 6.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=9.0 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=6.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331511 · Thorsby, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 206% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/18
  • PHOTO C.L. Dews Foundry an…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: C.L. Dews Foundry and Steel Shop (0.0 TCR gap)

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Franklin Iron LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Franklin Iron LLC averages 6.8 TCR (206% of the Ductile iron foundries BLS benchmark).

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

Franklin Iron LLC TCR series: 2022=9 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=6.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Franklin Iron LLC falls in its industry

272 Ductile iron foundries establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 18 Ductile iron foundries employers in Alabama.

Franklin Iron LLC (72 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Franklin Iron LLC
Franklin Iron LLC (72 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2

Franklin Iron LLC has fewer employees than the Ductile iron foundries median and a lower 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
2024 6.2 0.0 3 2 0
2023 5.2 1.3 4 0 0
2022 9.0 2.3 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331511 · AL · Thorsby

272 Ductile iron foundries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 3 employers in Thorsby, AL · 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 C.L. Dews Foundry and Steel Shop 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Talladega Foundry & Machine Co., Inc. 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elyria Foundry 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Decatur Foundry Inc 6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE GGP Hatchery (Elkmont) 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Birmingham Division Trussville 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE SOUTHERN PINE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gary Ingram Grading & Paving, Inc 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thorsby EWP - WP 202 FTE
CITY-NEAR FRANKLIN IRON WORKS, INC 76 FTE
NAT-TCR TXD060 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR TXH052 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Pallet Shop 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bradbury Brothers, LLC 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bell Nursery - Springfield 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE US Mechanical, LLC - Utah Office 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goose Creek Transportation 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE P & J Machining Inc 72 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. 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.