Aluminum foundries (except die-casting) · Michigan

Melling Engineered Aluminum Castings

Battle Creek, MI · ~92 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Melling Engineered Aluminum Castings runs at 495% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Aluminum foundries (except die-casting) workplace, earning a grade F.

Melling Engineered Aluminum Castings: 16.3 TCR = 495% of Aluminum foundries (except die-casting) BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Melling Engineered Aluminum Castings safety composite

Melling Engineered Aluminum Castings scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

−9.9

2018→2021

Melling Engineered Aluminum Castings injury rate improved

Melling Engineered Aluminum Castings's TCR fell 9.9 from 25.3 in 2018 to 15.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 25.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=25.3 · 2019=16.7 · 2020=8.1 · 2021=15.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331524 · Battle Creek, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 16.3 · 495% of ind

  • DART 10.6 DART
  • RANK #8/12
  • PHOTO VFORGE INC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 64 inj
  • SIZE ~92 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: VFORGE INC (0.4 TCR gap)

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Melling Engineered Aluminum Castings in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Melling Engineered Aluminum Castings averages 16.3 TCR (495% of the Aluminum foundries (except die-casting) BLS benchmark).

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

Melling Engineered Aluminum Castings TCR series: 2018=25.3 · 2019=16.7 · 2020=8.1 · 2021=15.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Melling Engineered Aluminum Castings falls in its industry

156 Aluminum foundries (except die establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 12 Aluminum foundries (except die employers in Michigan.

Melling Engineered Aluminum Castings (92 employees, TCR 16.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 7.0 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 02004006008001,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Melling Engineered Aluminum Castings
Melling Engineered Aluminum Castings (92 employees, TCR 16.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 7.0

Melling Engineered Aluminum Castings has more employees than the Aluminum foundries (except die-casting) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.0. 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
2021 15.3 10.6 16 0 0
2020 8.1 5.4 6 0 0
2019 16.7 9.8 17 0 0
2018 25.3 15.2 25 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331524 · MI · Battle Creek

156 Aluminum foundries (except die-casting) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 161 employers in Battle Creek, MI · 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 VFORGE INC 16.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR UNI-CAST LLC 15.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Boose at Cornwall 15.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR PT Foundry 15.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Easling Construction Co. 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Superior Electric of Lansing, Inc. 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Action Traffic Maintenance, Inc. 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Turri's Italian Foods-CHES 92 FTE
CITY-NEAR Denso Manufacturing of Michigan 2,702 FTE
CITY-NEAR BRONSON BATTLE CREEK 1,530 FTE
CITY-NEAR Battle Creek HQ Corporate Office 1,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR I I Stanley Co., Inc. 729 FTE
NAT-TCR Progreso LMMM San Antonio# 13, LLC 16.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Augusta Hospice 16.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 2050-WARE01 16.3 TCR
NAT-TCR McArthur 16.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Summit City Nursing and Rehabilitation 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Franklin - Holley Performance Products, Inc. 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Douron - Headquarters 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE R and D / Engineering : Elkhart Lake 92 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: 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.