Molds for forming materials (e.g., glass, plastics, rubber) manufacturing · Indiana

Ruco Inc

Elkhart, IN · ~27 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ruco Inc runs at 103% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Molds for forming materials (e.g., glass, plastics, rubber) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Ruco Inc: 3.4 TCR = 103% of Molds for forming materials (e.g., glass, plastics, rubber) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ruco Inc safety composite

Ruco Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Ruco Inc: 5.1 → 8.0 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 10.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Ruco Inc's TCR rose 2.9 from 5.1 in 2017 to 8.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333511 · Elkhart, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 103% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/11
  • PHOTO Patterson Mold and T…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Patterson Mold and Tool (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ruco Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ruco Inc averages 3.4 TCR (103% of the Molds for forming materials (e.g., glass, plastics, rubber) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ruco Inc TCR series: 2017=5.1 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=10.2 · 2022=0 · 2023=4 · 2024=8 · BLS 3.3

Where Ruco Inc falls in its industry

216 Molds for forming materials (e establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 11 Molds for forming materials (e employers in Indiana.

Ruco Inc (27 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ruco Inc
Ruco Inc (27 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Ruco Inc has fewer employees than the Molds for forming materials (e.g., glass median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 8.0 0.0 2 0 0
2023 4.0 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 10.2 0.0 3 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 5.1 2.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333511 · IN · Elkhart

216 Molds for forming materials (e.g., glass, plastics, rubber) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 401 employers in Elkhart, 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 Patterson Mold and Tool 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pasco Tool & Plastics, Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR iwis mechatronics, Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR FRONT RANGE TOOLING INC 3.5 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 Forest River, Inc. 12,549 FTE
CITY-NEAR THOR MOTOR COACH 2,437 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elkhart Community Schools 1,892 FTE
CITY-NEAR HRV LLC 1,692 FTE
NAT-TCR 45th Parallel EMS 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Van Beek Dairy 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Penumbra, Inc. - Roseville Campus 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR SF Transport, LLC 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE NEFAB Packaging North East 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oregon Web Press 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oldcastle APG - Oakhaven L&G 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Houston 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.