Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel · Indiana

Paragon Tube Corporation

Fort Wayne, IN · ~15 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Paragon Tube Corporation runs at 388% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel workplace, earning a grade F.

Paragon Tube Corporation: 12.8 TCR = 388% of Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Paragon Tube Corporation safety composite

Paragon Tube Corporation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 0%), 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

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 19.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Paragon Tube Corporation: 11.3 → 19.0 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 19.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.48× in 2024

Paragon Tube Corporation's TCR rose 7.7 from 11.3 in 2018 to 19.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 19.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331210 · Fort Wayne, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.8 · 388% of ind

  • DART 19.0 DART
  • RANK #16/16
  • PHOTO Phillips Tube Group,…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~15 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Phillips Tube Group, Inc. - Middletown (0.0 TCR gap)

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Paragon Tube Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Paragon Tube Corporation averages 12.8 TCR (388% of the Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel BLS benchmark).

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

Paragon Tube Corporation TCR series: 2018=11.3 · 2019=17.5 · 2020=5.9 · 2021=0 · 2022=16.8 · 2023=19.3 · 2024=19 · BLS 3.3

Where Paragon Tube Corporation falls in its industry

329 Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, loc establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 16 Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, loc employers in Indiana.

Paragon Tube Corporation (15 employees, TCR 12.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Paragon Tube Corporation
Paragon Tube Corporation (15 employees, TCR 12.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Paragon Tube Corporation has fewer employees than the Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, s median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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
2024 19.0 19.0 2 0 0
2023 19.3 19.3 2 0 0
2022 16.8 16.8 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 5.9 5.9 1 0 0
2019 17.5 13.1 4 0 0
2018 11.3 11.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331210 · IN · Fort Wayne

329 Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 634 employers in Fort Wayne, IN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Phillips Tube Group, Inc. - Middletown 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR International Metal Hose Company 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jensen Bridge & Supply Co. 13.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR JM STEEL, PA 12.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE National Energy of Lincoln 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE 506-NiSource-Plymouth IN-Electric Sub 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE 211-NiSource-Gary IN-Electric Substation 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE HTNE Hydrodemolition Services, LLC 15 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview Memorial Hospital 6,096 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview North Hospital 4,648 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview Corporate Office 3,312 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shambaugh & Son LP 3,072 FTE
NAT-TCR FJM-Ferro, Inc. 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Palm Garden of Orlando, LLC 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR J. P. Mascaro & Sons - Dunmore Division 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Keystone Koating Mifflintown 12.8 TCR

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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 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.