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

Laurel Machine and Foundry, Hawkes Circle

Laurel, MS · ~47 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Laurel Machine and Foundry, Hawkes Circle runs at 222% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Foundries, iron (i.e., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel) workplace, earning a grade F.

Laurel Machine and Foundry, Hawkes Circle: 7.3 TCR = 222% of Foundries, iron (i.e., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel) BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Laurel Machine and Foundry, Hawkes Circle safety composite

Laurel Machine and Foundry, Hawkes Circle scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 7.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

−2.1

2021→2024

Laurel Machine and Foundry, Hawkes Circle injury rate improved

Laurel Machine and Foundry, Hawkes Circle's TCR fell 2.1 from 8.8 in 2021 to 6.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=8.8 · 2022=7.4 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=6.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331511 · Laurel, MS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 222% of ind

  • DART 6.7 DART
  • RANK P49
  • PHOTO EJ-Ardmore Foundry, …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: EJ-Ardmore Foundry, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Laurel Machine and Foundry, Hawkes Circle in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Laurel Machine and Foundry, Hawkes Circle averages 7.3 TCR (222% of the Foundries, iron (i.e., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel) BLS benchmark).

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

Laurel Machine and Foundry, Hawkes Circle TCR series: 2021=8.8 · 2022=7.4 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=6.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Laurel Machine and Foundry, Hawkes Circle falls in its industry

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

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Laurel Machine and Foundry, Hawkes Circle (47 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Laurel Machine and Foundry, Hawkes Circle
Laurel Machine and Foundry, Hawkes Circle (47 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2

Laurel Machine and Foundry, Hawkes Circle has fewer employees than the Foundries, iron (i.e., ductile, gray, ma 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 6.7 6.7 4 0 0
2023 6.5 3.2 4 0 0
2022 7.4 3.7 4 0 0
2021 8.8 5.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331511 · MS · Laurel

272 Foundries, iron (i.e., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 78 employers in Laurel, MS · 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 EJ-Ardmore Foundry, Inc. 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR McWane, Inc - MDU Plant 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR B W Supply Company 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alliant Castings Inc. 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Clinton Network 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tippah Electric Power Association 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Moss Point MS 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE D.N.P.,INC. 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR Laurel 9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR Howard Industries Inc (Transformer) 2,141 FTE
CITY-NEAR West Quality Food Service, Inc 1,567 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amick Farms, LLC MS Processing Plant 841 FTE
NAT-TCR JLG - Hiram 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Akron Freightliner 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Legacy Wendy's-218 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR double kwik Ivel 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE First Class HVAC and Plumbing 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Meridian Waste South Carolina, LLC - Eco Waste 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE C Harper - Honda 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE ARLANXEO Performance Elastomer Orange TX 47 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.