Iron foundries · Illinois
Kettler Casting Company, Inc.
Belleville, IL · ~38 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 35.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kettler Casting Company, Inc. runs at 1072% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Iron foundries workplace, earning a grade F.
Kettler Casting Company, Inc.: 35.4 TCR = 1072% of Iron foundries BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kettler Casting Company, Inc. safety composite
Kettler Casting Company, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 94% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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).
46/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 35.37 per 100 workers
Safer than 0% 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
−38.0
2016→2024
Kettler Casting Company, Inc. injury rate improved
Kettler Casting Company, Inc.'s TCR fell 38.0 from 73.9 in 2016 to 35.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 75.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=73.9 · 2017=65.7 · 2018=53.6 · 2019=67.5 · 2020=75.0 · 2021=50.1 · 2022=43.2 · 2023=27.0 · 2024=35.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331511 · Belleville, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 35.4 · 1072% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #10/10
- PHOTO St. Marys Foundry, I…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 177 inj
- SIZE ~38 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: St. Marys Foundry, Inc. (5.5 TCR gap)
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Kettler Casting Company, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Kettler Casting Company, Inc.
35.4 TCR
- St. Marys Foun
St. Marys Foundry, Inc.
29.9 TCR
- Hamburg Plow W
Hamburg Plow Works Inc.
29.2 TCR
- Southern Calif
Southern California
29 TCR
- Western Foundr
Western Foundries, Inc.
28.8 TCR
What this shows Kettler Casting Company, Inc. averages 35.4 TCR (1072% of the Iron foundries BLS benchmark).
Kettler Casting Company, Inc. TCR series: 2016=73.9 · 2017=65.7 · 2018=53.6 · 2019=67.5 · 2020=75 · 2021=50.1 · 2022=43.2 · 2023=27 · 2024=35.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Kettler Casting Company, Inc. falls in its industry
272 Iron foundries establishmentsSafer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 10 Iron foundries employers in Illinois.
Kettler Casting Company, Inc. has fewer employees than the Iron foundries median and a higher 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 | 35.9 | 0.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 27.0 | 2.7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 43.2 | 18.9 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 50.1 | 20.0 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 75.0 | 38.8 | 25 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 67.5 | 18.2 | 24 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 53.6 | 21.9 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 65.7 | 14.1 | 27 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 73.9 | 22.2 | 29 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331511 · IL · Belleville
272 Iron foundries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 105 employers in Belleville, IL · 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 | St. Marys Foundry, Inc. | 29.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hamburg Plow Works Inc. | 29.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Southern California | 29.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Western Foundries, Inc. | 28.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Burbank Airport | 38 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lake County | 38 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 7101 L& W Supply | 38 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Innovative Production | 38 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Memorial Hospital Belleville | 1,455 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital | 1,141 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Belleville Township High School District 201 | 830 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 201 | 431 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center | 30.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rockland Facility | 30.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kemper Moving Systems | 30.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | EWR - Ground Ops | 30.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Hillsboro Preprint Facility | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Steel Craft Technologies Inc. - Grand Rapids | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Martindale Electric Co. | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | American Soda (Solvay Chemicals) Parachute Sodium Bicarbonate Facility | 38 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.