Foundries, die-casting, nonferrous metals · Indiana

Heartland Castings, Inc.

Waterloo, IN · ~22 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Heartland Castings, Inc. runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Foundries, die-casting, nonferrous metals workplace, earning a grade C.

Heartland Castings, Inc.: 2.8 TCR = 85% of Foundries, die-casting, nonferrous metals BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Heartland Castings, Inc. safety composite

Heartland Castings, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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

−5.8

2017→2020

Heartland Castings, Inc. injury rate improved

Heartland Castings, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.8 from 5.8 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.8 · 2018=5.5 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331523 · Waterloo, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 85% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/13
  • PHOTO Shiloh Pleasant Prai…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Shiloh Pleasant Prairie (0.0 TCR gap)

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Heartland Castings, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Heartland Castings, Inc. averages 2.8 TCR (85% of the Foundries, die-casting, nonferrous metals BLS benchmark).

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

Heartland Castings, Inc. TCR series: 2017=5.8 · 2018=5.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Heartland Castings, Inc. falls in its industry

221 Foundries, die-casting, nonfer establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 13 Foundries, die-casting, nonfer employers in Indiana.

Heartland Castings, Inc. (22 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Heartland Castings, Inc.
Heartland Castings, Inc. (22 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Heartland Castings, Inc. has fewer employees than the Foundries, die-casting, nonferrous metal median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 5.5 5.5 1 0 0
2017 5.8 5.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331523 · IN · Waterloo

221 Foundries, die-casting, nonferrous metals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 13 employers in Waterloo, 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 Shiloh Pleasant Prairie 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR International Die Casting, Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gibbs Die Casting 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mid-State Division 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wilson Fertilizer, Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE MISHAWAKA CONCRETE ASPHALT RECYCLE INC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE MCAR 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Connersville District Office 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nucor Building Systems 448 FTE
CITY-NEAR Metal X Waterloo 130 FTE
CITY-NEAR INWAT - WATERLOO 105 FTE
CITY-NEAR Warehouse 105 FTE
NAT-TCR Ross store 246 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake, LLC - Kalamazoo 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR ECM Transport-Baltimore 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 5 Pinebrook, Nj 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE A-1 Distributing 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE PKI Billerica 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Glendale Heights IL Thrift Store 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brake Supply Texas 22 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: 2020, 2019, 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.