Malleable iron foundries · Indiana

Manchester Metals, Inc

North Manchester, IN · ~118 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
20.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Manchester Metals, Inc runs at 611% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Malleable iron foundries workplace, earning a grade F.

Manchester Metals, Inc: 20.2 TCR = 611% of Malleable iron foundries BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Manchester Metals, Inc safety composite

Manchester Metals, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).

F

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 20.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Manchester Metals, Inc: 17.9 → 22.4 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 22.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.64× in 2017

Manchester Metals, Inc's TCR rose 4.5 from 17.9 in 2016 to 22.4 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331511 · North Manchester, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 20.2 · 611% of ind

  • DART 12.9 DART
  • RANK #21/22
  • PHOTO Progressive Foundry
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 44 inj
  • SIZE ~118 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Progressive Foundry (0.1 TCR gap)

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Manchester Metals, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Manchester Metals, Inc averages 20.2 TCR (611% of the Malleable iron foundries BLS benchmark).

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

Manchester Metals, Inc TCR series: 2016=17.9 · 2017=22.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Manchester Metals, Inc falls in its industry

272 Malleable iron foundries establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 22 Malleable iron foundries employers in Indiana.

Manchester Metals, Inc (118 employees, TCR 20.2) 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 Manchester Metals, Inc
Manchester Metals, Inc (118 employees, TCR 20.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2

Manchester Metals, Inc has more employees than the Malleable 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
2017 22.4 12.9 23 3 0
2016 17.9 12.8 21 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331511 · IN · North Manchester

272 Malleable iron foundries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 28 employers in North Manchester, IN · 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 Progressive Foundry 20.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eureka Foundry Company 20.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pier Foundry & Pattern Shop, Inc. 20.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blue Diamond Steel Casting LLC 19.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Indianapolis, IN HVAC 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thomas Plastic Machinery 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE Edsal Manufacturing Company Inc. 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prairie Farms Dairy - Holland 118 FTE
CITY-NEAR Church of the Brethren Home, INC dba Timbercrest Senior Living Community 186 FTE
CITY-NEAR SODEXO AT MANCHESTER UNIV HAIST DINING 125 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hi-Grade Egg Producers & Processors 122 FTE
CITY-NEAR Strauss Veal Feeds, Inc. 109 FTE
NAT-TCR 2050-20500999-WARE01 20.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Montecito Family YMCA 20.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Probation JDF 20.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Modular Engineering Company 20.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE N and R of St Charles LLC 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Springfield East LLC 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trig's Everest Metro 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jessicas Brick Oven 118 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: 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.