Aluminum recovering from scrap and making ingot and billet (except by rolling) · Oregon
Hydro - The Dalles Cast
The Dalles, OR · ~70 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hydro - The Dalles Cast runs at 83% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Aluminum recovering from scrap and making ingot and billet (except by rolling) workplace, earning a grade C.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.7
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 5
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Hydro - The Dalles Cast's OSHA Total Case Rate of 2.7 to the Aluminum recovering from scrap and making ingot and billet (except by rolling) BLS benchmark of 3.3 (83% of benchmark) across 3 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Hydro - The Dalles Cast's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Hydro - The Dalles Cast falls in its industry
107 Aluminum recovering from scrap establishmentsSafer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.
Trend analysis for Hydro - The Dalles Cast
Between 2016 and 2018, Hydro - The Dalles Cast's Total Case Rate held roughly steady from 0.0 to 3.9 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 0% change across 2 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2016, at a TCR of 0.0, while 2017 saw the highest rate, at 4.3, a spread of 4.3 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 3 reporting years, Hydro - The Dalles Cast recorded 5 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 3-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 5 injuries, 1 illnesses shown on this page for Hydro - The Dalles Cast are sourced from its own 3 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 331314 - Aluminum recovering from scrap and making ingot and billet (except by rolling).
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2018)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
2 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 153,634 hours worked = 2.60 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Hydro - The Dalles Cast (this establishment) | 2.74 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Aluminum ingot, secondary smelting of aluminum and manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 331314 |
| Oregon state avg (all industries) | 6.16 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Hydro - The Dalles Cast to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2018: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 3 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Hydro - The Dalles Cast's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Aluminum recovering from scrap and making ingot and billet (except by rolling) peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 83% of the Aluminum recovering from scrap and making ingot and billet (except by rolling) benchmark, Hydro - The Dalles Cast reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Aluminum recovering from scrap and making ingot and billet (except by rolling) sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.