Aluminum ingot made from purchased aluminum · Indiana

Matalco Inc.

Bluffton, IN · ~95 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Matalco Inc. runs at 134% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Aluminum ingot made from purchased aluminum workplace, earning a grade D.

Matalco Inc.: 4.4 TCR = 134% of Aluminum ingot made from purchased aluminum BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Matalco Inc. safety composite

Matalco Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−3.1

2020→2024

Matalco Inc. injury rate improved

Matalco Inc.'s TCR fell 3.1 from 4.2 in 2020 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=4.2 · 2022=7.6 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331314 · Bluffton, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 134% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/14
  • PHOTO ECKART America - Lou…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~95 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ECKART America - Louisville (0.1 TCR gap)

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Matalco Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Matalco Inc. averages 4.4 TCR (134% of the Aluminum ingot made from purchased aluminum BLS benchmark).

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

Matalco Inc. TCR series: 2020=4.2 · 2022=7.6 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Matalco Inc. falls in its industry

103 Aluminum ingot made from purch establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 14 Aluminum ingot made from purch employers in Indiana.

Matalco Inc. (95 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300400500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Matalco Inc.
Matalco Inc. (95 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Matalco Inc. has more employees than the Aluminum ingot made from purchased alumi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 1.1 0.0 1 0 0
2023 4.9 3.9 5 0 0
2022 7.6 5.7 8 0 0
2020 4.2 1.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331314 · IN · Bluffton

103 Aluminum ingot made from purchased aluminum employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 38 employers in Bluffton, 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 ECKART America - Louisville 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Scepter Inc.- Waverly Operations 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tennessee Aluminum Processors, INC 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trialco 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE 357-NiSource-Valparaiso Central Stores 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fetters Construction Inc 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Biehle Electric, Inc. 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Comfort Sytems USA Strategic Accounts 95 FTE
CITY-NEAR K181-D181 1,022 FTE
CITY-NEAR 181-DC181 964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hersheys Salty Snacks 369 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bluffton Motor Works, LLC 358 FTE
NAT-TCR Skylark Meats 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Engineering Industries, Inc. 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Adaptive Textiles 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Camcorp Mfg 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Raley's 416-Sacramento 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nob Hill 628-Redwood City 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE 175 Bearfoot Road Northboro MA 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE Driftwood HealthCare and Rehabilitation Center 95 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, 2020. 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.