Burial caskets and cases manufacturing · Indiana

Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions

Aurora, IN · ~251 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Burial caskets and cases manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions: 4.2 TCR = 128% of Burial caskets and cases manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions safety composite

Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions held a steady TCR band

Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions's TCR held near 0.0 from 3.9 in 2018 to 3.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.9 · 2019=4.8 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=4.0 · 2024=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339995 · Aurora, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 128% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #5/8
  • PHOTO Matthews Aurora Fune…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 77 inj
  • SIZE ~251 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions (0.3 TCR gap)

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Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions averages 4.2 TCR (128% of the Burial caskets and cases manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions TCR series: 2018=3.9 · 2019=4.8 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=4 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions falls in its industry

19 Burial caskets and cases manuf establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 8 Burial caskets and cases manuf employers in Indiana.

Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions (251 employees, TCR 4.2) among 13 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 4.6 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 14 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions
Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions (251 employees, TCR 4.2) among 13 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions has more employees than the Burial caskets and cases manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 3.8 1.7 8 1 0
2023 4.0 2.4 9 3 0
2022 5.2 3.3 17 0 0
2021 3.6 2.1 11 1 0
2020 4.3 3.3 14 0 0
2019 4.8 0.7 12 1 0
2018 3.9 1.6 6 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339995 · IN · Aurora

19 Burial caskets and cases manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 11 employers in Aurora, 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 Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Andalusia Plant 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Paragon Casket Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Manchester Mfg. Plant 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Best Home Furnishings - Chair Division 251 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 2388 251 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 2771 251 FTE
STATE-SIZE FedEx Supply Chain - Trg Indy 251 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1160 355 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1160 347 FTE
CITY-NEAR 346 - Aurora East 86 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indiana Plant 68 FTE
NAT-TCR Zimbrick Fish Hatchery Rd 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR CES-Colton 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR BNANS - Towneplace Suites by Marriott 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Modern Landfill & Recycling, Republic Services of Pennsylvania LLC 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Virco Manufacturing Corporation - Torrance 251 FTE
NAT-SIZE Berkeley County School District Office 251 FTE
NAT-SIZE ShopRite of Hackensack 251 FTE
NAT-SIZE CT - Sikorsky 251 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.