Magnet wire, insulated, made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants · Indiana
Superior Essex
Fort Wayne, IN · ~199 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Superior Essex runs at 51% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Magnet wire, insulated, made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants workplace, earning a grade B.
Superior Essex: 1.7 TCR = 51% of Magnet wire, insulated, made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Superior Essex safety composite
Superior Essex scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% 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).
71/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.69 per 100 workers
Safer than 78% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0.55 per 100 workers
Safer than 77% 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
−0.9
2016→2024
Superior Essex injury rate improved
Superior Essex's TCR fell 0.9 from 1.5 in 2016 to 0.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=1.5 · 2017=1.0 · 2018=0.5 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=10.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331420 · Fort Wayne, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 51% of ind
- DART 0.6 DART
- RANK #11/23
- PHOTO Southwire Douglas Pl…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~199 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Southwire Douglas Plant (0.0 TCR gap)
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Superior Essex in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- IWG High Perfo
IWG High Performance Conductors, Inc
1.8 TCR
- This site
Superior Essex
1.7 TCR
- Southwire Doug
Southwire Douglas Plant
1.7 TCR
- Service Wire C
Service Wire Company Culloden
1.7 TCR
- Florence
Florence
1.6 TCR
What this shows Superior Essex averages 1.7 TCR (51% of the Magnet wire, insulated, made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants BLS benchmark).
Superior Essex TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2017=1 · 2018=0.5 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=10 · 2023=0 · 2024=0.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Superior Essex falls in its industry
198 Magnet wire, insulated, made f establishmentsSafer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 23 Magnet wire, insulated, made f employers in Indiana.
Superior Essex has more employees than the Magnet wire, insulated, made from purcha 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 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 10.0 | 4.4 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331420 · IN · Fort Wayne
198 Magnet wire, insulated, made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants 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 · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Southwire Douglas Plant | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Service Wire Company Culloden | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | IWG High Performance Conductors, Inc | 1.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Florence | 1.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Edwardsport IGCC | 199 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Richardson Molding LLC | 199 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kauffman Engineering, Inc. LEB | 199 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Dekko - Garrett | 199 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 | Banner Metals Group | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | United Oil of the Carolinas, Inc | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Harvard Maintenance LLC of Massachusetts | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Steel Way Facility | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Jonesboro AR Mill | 199 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Astor Chocolate Corporation | 199 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mersen USA St Marys | 199 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Riddle Engineered Wood | 199 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.