Gray iron foundries · Illinois

Lemfco, Inc.

Galena, IL · ~21 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lemfco, Inc. runs at 371% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Gray iron foundries workplace, earning a grade F.

Lemfco, Inc.: 12.2 TCR = 371% of Gray iron foundries BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lemfco, Inc. safety composite

Lemfco, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 94% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

−41.0

2016→2024

Lemfco, Inc. injury rate improved

Lemfco, Inc.'s TCR fell 41.0 from 41.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 41.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=41.0 · 2017=16.6 · 2018=9.2 · 2019=9.6 · 2020=6.3 · 2021=21.2 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331511 · Galena, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.2 · 371% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/10
  • PHOTO Great Lakes Castings…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Great Lakes Castings- Holland (0.1 TCR gap)

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Lemfco, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lemfco, Inc. averages 12.2 TCR (371% of the Gray iron foundries BLS benchmark).

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

Lemfco, Inc. TCR series: 2016=41 · 2017=16.6 · 2018=9.2 · 2019=9.6 · 2020=6.3 · 2021=21.2 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Lemfco, Inc. falls in its industry

272 Gray iron foundries establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 10 Gray iron foundries employers in Illinois.

Lemfco, Inc. (21 employees, TCR 12.2) 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 Lemfco, Inc.
Lemfco, Inc. (21 employees, TCR 12.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2

Lemfco, Inc. has fewer employees than the Gray 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 6.3 0.0 1 0 0
2021 21.2 21.2 2 1 0
2020 6.3 6.3 1 0 0
2019 9.6 4.8 2 0 0
2018 9.2 4.6 2 0 0
2017 16.6 4.2 4 0 0
2016 41.0 25.6 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331511 · IL · Galena

272 Gray iron foundries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 17 employers in Galena, 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 Great Lakes Castings- Holland 12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacific Alloy Casting Co., Inc. 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Powder River Inc. 12.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR CFM Corporation 12.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Frank W. Lewis & Son Seed FArms, Inc 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE RAVENS LIVESTOCK & FARMS INC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bushnell 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE 21st Century Sow Farm 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa 318 FTE
CITY-NEAR Midwest Medical Center 245 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5044 217 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5044 156 FTE
NAT-TCR Produce Warehouse 12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Canterfield of Jacksonville, LLC 12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR City of La Verne 12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Towanda 12.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hammer Industrial, LLC. 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE 850 - Warehouse - Tempe 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Torrey House 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Raymond 21 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.