Foundries, iron (i.e., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel) · Alabama

Glidewell Specialties Foundry

Name: Glidewell Specialties Foundry Workplace Safety Data
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Calera, AL · ~122 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Glidewell Specialties Foundry runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Foundries, iron (i.e., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel) workplace, earning a grade C.

Glidewell Specialties Foundry: 2.9 TCR = 88% of Foundries, iron (i.e., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel) BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Glidewell Specialties Foundry safety composite

Glidewell Specialties Foundry scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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

Glidewell Specialties Foundry: 2.8 → 4.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.56× in 2024

Glidewell Specialties Foundry's TCR rose 1.2 from 2.8 in 2017 to 4.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331511 · Calera, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 88% of ind

DART 1.6 DART
RANK #9/18
PHOTO AAM New Castle
BOOK 7y book
INJ 27 inj
SIZE ~122 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AAM New Castle (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mapleton Found

3
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2.9
AAM New Castle

2.9
McWane Ductile

2.9
Frazier Ind.

2.8

What this shows Glidewell Specialties Foundry averages 2.9 TCR (88% of the Foundries, iron (i.e., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel) BLS benchmark).

Glidewell Specialties Foundry TCR series: 2017=2.8 · 2018=2.6 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=4 · BLS 3.3

Where Glidewell Specialties Foundry falls in its industry

272 Foundries, iron (i.e., ductile establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 18 Foundries, iron (i.e., ductile employers in Alabama.

Glidewell Specialties Foundry (122 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2

Glidewell Specialties Foundry has more employees than the Foundries, iron (i.e., ductile, gray, ma 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
2024	4.0	1.6	5
2023	3.1	2.3	4
2022	2.1	1.4	3
2021	2.4	0.0	3
2020	3.3	0.8	4
2018	2.6	0.7	4
2017	2.8	1.4	4

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331511 · AL · Calera

272 Foundries, iron (i.e., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 30 employers in Calera, AL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	AAM New Castle	NEW CASTLE, IN	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	McWane Ductile New Jersey	PHILLIPSBURG, NJ	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mapleton Foundry	MAPLETON, IL	3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Frazier Ind.	COOLIDGE, TX	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Esfeller Construction Company	IRVINGTON	122 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Fite Construction Company, LLC	DECATUR	122 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sparks Energy INC	DANVILLE	122 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Carcel & G Construction, LLC	HANCEVILLE	122 FTE
CITY-NEAR	General Service Complex	Calera	771 FTE
CITY-NEAR	General Service Complex - APC	Calera	685 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 3271	Calera	325 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sysco Central AL	Calera	308 FTE
NAT-TCR	High West Distillery	Wanship, UT	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hawaii Office	Wailuku, HI	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	At Home Stores #174	Richmond, VA	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Summit Pressed Brick & Tile CO	Pueblo, CO	2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Modernistic, Inc.	Stillwater, MN	122 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rouses Market #22	Slidell, LA	122 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Shenango Presbyterian SeniorCare	New Wilmington, PA	122 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Redner's Warehouse Market Joppatown	Joppa, MD	122 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, 2018, 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.