Brass foundries (except die-casting) · Illinois

Mueller Company, Decatur (Plant 4)

Decatur, IL · ~150 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mueller Company, Decatur (Plant 4) runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Brass foundries (except die-casting) workplace, earning a grade B.

Mueller Company, Decatur (Plant 4): 1.9 TCR = 56% of Brass foundries (except die-casting) BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mueller Company, Decatur (Plant 4) safety composite

Mueller Company, Decatur (Plant 4) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.5

2016→2017

Mueller Company, Decatur (Plant 4) injury rate improved

Mueller Company, Decatur (Plant 4)'s TCR fell 0.5 from 2.1 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.1 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.1 · 2017=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331529 · Decatur, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 56% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #1/11
  • PHOTO Cerro Mexico
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~150 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cerro Mexico (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mueller Company, Decatur (Plant 4) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mueller Company, Decatur (Plant 4) averages 1.9 TCR (56% of the Brass foundries (except die-casting) BLS benchmark).

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

Mueller Company, Decatur (Plant 4) TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Mueller Company, Decatur (Plant 4) falls in its industry

124 Brass foundries (except die-ca establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 11 Brass foundries (except die-ca employers in Illinois.

Mueller Company, Decatur (Plant 4) (150 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 5.4 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 Mueller Company, Decatur (Plant 4)
Mueller Company, Decatur (Plant 4) (150 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 5.4

Mueller Company, Decatur (Plant 4) has more employees than the Brass foundries (except die-casting) median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.4. 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 1.6 1.6 3 0 0
2016 2.1 2.1 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331529 · IL · Decatur

124 Brass foundries (except die-casting) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 219 employers in Decatur, 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 Cerro Mexico 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR J.W. Harris Co., Inc. - Florence 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Bronze Corporation 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chromalloy Castings Tampa 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lendlease - Chicago Office 150 FTE
STATE-SIZE JL Allen Services, Inc. 150 FTE
STATE-SIZE 128 - Archer - United JV 150 FTE
STATE-SIZE 17064 150 FTE
CITY-NEAR Decatur Facility 2,420 FTE
CITY-NEAR Decatur Memorial Hospital 1,982 FTE
CITY-NEAR Decatur Public School District No. 61 1,524 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Staff Offices 1,198 FTE
NAT-TCR Emco Wheaton Retail Corp. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 0346 - Hialeah, Fl 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR HBSHSENC20 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Oldcastle OPI - Raleigh 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE FAIST ChemTec, Inc. 150 FTE
NAT-SIZE Legends - The Star 150 FTE
NAT-SIZE Blue Valley Hospital 150 FTE
NAT-SIZE Odessa Center (Txode) 150 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.