Aluminum sheet made in integrated secondary smelting and flat rolling mills · Iowa

Nichols Aluminum Casting

Name: Nichols Aluminum Casting Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Davenport, IA · ~195 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Nichols Aluminum Casting runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Aluminum sheet made in integrated secondary smelting and flat rolling mills workplace, earning a grade A.

Nichols Aluminum Casting: 0.9 TCR = 26% of Aluminum sheet made in integrated secondary smelting and flat rolling mills BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nichols Aluminum Casting safety composite

Nichols Aluminum Casting scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−1.2

2016→2020

Nichols Aluminum Casting injury rate improved

Nichols Aluminum Casting's TCR fell 1.2 from 1.4 in 2016 to 0.2 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 1.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.4 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=0.5 · 2020=0.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331315 · Davenport, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 26% of ind

DART 0.1 DART
RANK P81
PHOTO Novelis ALR Aluminum…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~195 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Novelis ALR Aluminum LLC (Davenport Finishing) (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Nichols Aluminum Casting averages 0.9 TCR (26% of the Aluminum sheet made in integrated secondary smelting and flat rolling mills BLS benchmark).

Nichols Aluminum Casting TCR series: 2016=1.4 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=0.5 · 2020=0.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Nichols Aluminum Casting falls in its industry

70 Aluminum sheet made in integra establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Nichols Aluminum Casting (195 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 208 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Nichols Aluminum Casting has fewer employees than the Aluminum sheet made in integrated second median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2020	0.2	0.1	3	1
2019	0.5	0.5	1	0
2018	1.4	0.5	3	0
2016	1.4	0.9	3	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331315 · IA · Davenport

70 Aluminum sheet made in integrated secondary smelting and flat rolling mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 284 employers in Davenport, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Novelis ALR Aluminum LLC (Davenport Finishing)	DAVENPORT, IA	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Louisville Foil Plant	LOUISVILLE, KY	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Novelis Oswego Works	OSWEGO, NY	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Novelis Corportaion	TERRE HAUTE, IN	0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	DuPont Pioneer Algona ALG1	ALGONA	195 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cedar Falls Utilities	CEDAR FALLS	195 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Atlantic Branch	ATLANTIC	195 FTE
STATE-SIZE	The Schebler Co	BETTENDORF	195 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MercyOne-Genesis, East Hospital-MHS-IA/NE	Davenport	2,129 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Genesis Medical Center East Campus	Davenport	1,704 FTE
CITY-NEAR	John Deere Davenport Works	Davenport	1,394 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - MLI1	Davenport	1,353 FTE
NAT-TCR	MBH - 78 Atlantic Place	South Portland, ME	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	York Bridge Concepts, Inc.	Lutz, FL	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	North American Science Associates (NAMSA) - Northwood	Northwood, OH	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hood Container of Louisiana	St. Francisville, LA	0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	WABCO-MICO North Mankato	North Mankato, MN	195 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tradebe Environmental Services - East Chicago Facility	East Chicago, IN	195 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Valley	Coatesville, PA	195 FTE
NAT-SIZE	DGS Aviation Services : SAT - San Antonio	San Antonio, TX	195 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.