Aluminum bar made by extruding purchased aluminum · Indiana

Hydro - Elkhart

Name: Hydro - Elkhart Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Elkhart, IN · ~209 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hydro - Elkhart runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Aluminum bar made by extruding purchased aluminum workplace, earning a grade A.

Hydro - Elkhart: 1.6 TCR = 50% of Aluminum bar made by extruding purchased aluminum BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hydro - Elkhart safety composite

Hydro - Elkhart scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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

Hydro - Elkhart: 1.2 → 1.8 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 2.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2018

Hydro - Elkhart's TCR rose 0.6 from 1.2 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.0 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331318 · Elkhart, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 50% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #6/12
PHOTO Brazeway LLC Kentucky
BOOK 3y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~209 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Brazeway LLC Kentucky (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hydro Cressona

1.7
Mi Metals, Inc

1.7
This site

1.6
Brazeway LLC K

1.6
Penn Aluminum

1.6

What this shows Hydro - Elkhart averages 1.6 TCR (50% of the Aluminum bar made by extruding purchased aluminum BLS benchmark).

Hydro - Elkhart TCR series: 2016=1.2 · 2017=2 · 2018=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Hydro - Elkhart falls in its industry

204 Aluminum bar made by extruding establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 12 Aluminum bar made by extruding employers in Indiana.

Hydro - Elkhart (209 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 144 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Hydro - Elkhart has more employees than the Aluminum bar made by extruding purchased median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2018	1.8	0.0	2	3
2017	2.0	1.2	5	0
2016	1.2	0.4	3	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331318 · IN · Elkhart

204 Aluminum bar made by extruding purchased aluminum employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 401 employers in Elkhart, IN · 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	Brazeway LLC Kentucky	HOPKINSVILLE, KY	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hydro Cressona	CRESSONA, PA	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Penn Aluminum International LLC	MURPHYSBORO, IL	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mi Metals, Inc. (Millersburg)	MILLERSBURG, PA	1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	WCA Group, LLC Indianapolis	INDIANAPOLIS	209 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Maple Leaf Farms, Inc., MLS Location	MILFORD	209 FTE
STATE-SIZE	K005-M001	INDIANAPOLIS	209 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BERRY RICHMOND-063	RICHMOND	209 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Forest River, Inc.	Elkhart	12,549 FTE
CITY-NEAR	THOR MOTOR COACH	Elkhart	2,437 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Elkhart Community Schools	Elkhart	1,892 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HRV LLC	Elkhart	1,692 FTE
NAT-TCR	Open Kitchens Inc.	Chicago, IL	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Baltimore - Toyota	Glen Burnie, MD	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Industrial Solutions : IS - MFG US - Mebane, NC	Mebane, NC	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Virtua Garden State Pulmonary Associates, Marlton	Marlton, NJ	1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Industrial Solutions : IS - FS - Northern USA	Westchester, IL	209 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sales - Section 41 - Frisco, TX	Frisco, TX	209 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bradley Airsort 85-171 (Ctbra)	Windsor Locks, CT	209 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0480 - Windows-Yakima	Yakima, WA	209 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.