Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade · Indiana

Nitrex, Inc. IN

Franklin, IN · ~27 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nitrex, Inc. IN runs at 149% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

Nitrex, Inc. IN: 4.9 TCR = 149% of Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nitrex, Inc. IN safety composite

Nitrex, Inc. IN scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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

−3.6

2016→2021

Nitrex, Inc. IN injury rate improved

Nitrex, Inc. IN's TCR fell 3.6 from 4.1 in 2016 to 0.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 16.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.1 · 2017=16.5 · 2018=5.3 · 2019=3.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332811 · Franklin, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 149% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #8/15
  • PHOTO Nitrex Inc - Nevada …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Nitrex Inc - Nevada Operations (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nitrex, Inc. IN in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nitrex, Inc. IN averages 4.9 TCR (149% of the Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Nitrex, Inc. IN TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2017=16.5 · 2018=5.3 · 2019=3 · 2020=0 · 2021=0.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Nitrex, Inc. IN falls in its industry

248 Heat treating metals and metal establishments

Safer than 41% 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 #8 safest of 15 Heat treating metals and metal employers in Indiana.

Nitrex, Inc. IN (27 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Nitrex, Inc. IN
Nitrex, Inc. IN (27 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Nitrex, Inc. IN has fewer employees than the Heat treating metals and metal products 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
2021 0.5 0.5 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2018 5.3 2.7 2 0 0
2017 16.5 12.4 4 0 0
2016 4.1 4.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · IN · Franklin

248 Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 78 employers in Franklin, 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 Nitrex Inc - Nevada Operations 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Erie Steel LTD 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tejas Tubular Products Casing 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR GA Richards Group 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fischer Seeds 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Strauss Feed Mill 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE National Fuel Production of Michigan 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE National Energy of McBain 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Johnson Memorial Health 878 FTE
CITY-NEAR KAC Franklin 726 FTE
CITY-NEAR Government 694 FTE
CITY-NEAR Reman Powertrain Indiana 473 FTE
NAT-TCR Lakelands Concrete Products Inc 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR New Circle Crossing Store 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation (227-146) 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sutter Care at Home (247-MARIN) 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Remlap Construction, Inc. 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Midlothian Crossing (#24) 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Craftsman Printers Inc 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bailey Bridge (#25) 27 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, 2017, 2016. 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.