Weldments manufacturing · Indiana

Ottenweller Company, Inc. Fort Wayne Headquarters

Fort Wayne, IN · ~158 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ottenweller Company, Inc. Fort Wayne Headquarters runs at 312% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Weldments manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Ottenweller Company, Inc. Fort Wayne Headquarters: 10.3 TCR = 312% of Weldments manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ottenweller Company, Inc. Fort Wayne Headquarters safety composite

Ottenweller Company, Inc. Fort Wayne Headquarters scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

−5.0

2016→2019

Ottenweller Company, Inc. Fort Wayne Headquarters injury rate improved

Ottenweller Company, Inc. Fort Wayne Headquarters's TCR fell 5.0 from 12.9 in 2016 to 7.9 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 12.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=12.9 · 2017=9.3 · 2018=11.2 · 2019=7.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332313 · Fort Wayne, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 10.3 · 312% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #11/11
  • PHOTO ITW Building Compone…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 68 inj
  • SIZE ~158 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ITW Building Components Group Inc - Litchfield (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ottenweller Company, Inc. Fort Wayne Headquarters in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ottenweller Company, Inc. Fort Wayne Headquarters averages 10.3 TCR (312% of the Weldments manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ottenweller Company, Inc. Fort Wayne Headquarters TCR series: 2016=12.9 · 2017=9.3 · 2018=11.2 · 2019=7.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Ottenweller Company, Inc. Fort Wayne Headquarters falls in its industry

449 Weldments manufacturing establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 11 Weldments manufacturing employers in Indiana.

Ottenweller Company, Inc. Fort Wayne Headquarters (158 employees, TCR 10.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Ottenweller Company, Inc. Fort Wayne Headquarters
Ottenweller Company, Inc. Fort Wayne Headquarters (158 employees, TCR 10.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Ottenweller Company, Inc. Fort Wayne Headquarters has more employees than the Weldments manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2019 7.9 4.5 14 0 0
2018 11.2 3.5 22 0 0
2017 9.3 3.7 15 0 0
2016 12.9 4.8 17 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332313 · IN · Fort Wayne

449 Weldments manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 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 ITW Building Components Group Inc - Litchfield 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR General Stamping and Metal Works 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Choctaw Defense Manufacturing Contractor - Hugo 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR US573 US Tray 10.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Midwestern Electric LLC 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kerry-Evansville 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jet Technologies, Inc. 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Curtis Products, Inc. 158 FTE
NAT-TCR Good Earth Corporation 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Murrysville Rehab & Wellness Center 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Richelieu Foods, Inc. - Grundy Center 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 435 10.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE City of Isle of Palms 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Duro Bag - Tolleson 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rocky Mountain Excavating Inc. 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pure Romance, LLC 158 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: 2019, 2018, 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.