Iron foundries · Alabama

Talladega Foundry & Machine Co., Inc.

Talladega, AL · ~52 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Talladega Foundry & Machine Co., Inc. runs at 208% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Iron foundries workplace, earning a grade F.

Talladega Foundry & Machine Co., Inc.: 6.9 TCR = 208% of Iron foundries BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Talladega Foundry & Machine Co., Inc. safety composite

Talladega Foundry & Machine Co., Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−1.6

2016→2024

Talladega Foundry & Machine Co., Inc. injury rate improved

Talladega Foundry & Machine Co., Inc.'s TCR fell 1.6 from 6.1 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 12.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.1 · 2021=12.6 · 2022=9.0 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331511 · Talladega, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 208% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #12/18
  • PHOTO Elyria Foundry
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Elyria Foundry (0.0 TCR gap)

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Talladega Foundry & Machine Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Talladega Foundry & Machine Co., Inc. averages 6.9 TCR (208% of the Iron foundries BLS benchmark).

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

Talladega Foundry & Machine Co., Inc. TCR series: 2016=6.1 · 2021=12.6 · 2022=9 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Talladega Foundry & Machine Co., Inc. falls in its industry

272 Iron foundries establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 18 Iron foundries employers in Alabama.

Talladega Foundry & Machine Co., Inc. (52 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Talladega Foundry & Machine Co., Inc.
Talladega Foundry & Machine Co., Inc. (52 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2

Talladega Foundry & Machine Co., Inc. has fewer employees than the Iron foundries median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.2. 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
2024 4.5 4.5 2 0 0
2023 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2022 9.0 7.2 5 0 0
2021 12.6 3.6 7 0 0
2016 6.1 6.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331511 · AL · Talladega

272 Iron foundries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 39 employers in Talladega, AL · 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 Elyria Foundry 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Decatur Foundry Inc 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gartland Foundry Company 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR FRANKLIN IRON LLC 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mobile Division Hillcrest 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Birmingham Division Trussville Crew Headquarters 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jasper Complex 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Patton Chapel Crew Headquarters - APC 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kasai North America, Inc. - Talladega, AL 470 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kasai North America, Inc. - Talladega AL Plant 468 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brookwood Baptist Citizens 327 FTE
CITY-NEAR TALLADEGA HEALTHCARE CENTER IN 304 FTE
NAT-TCR Oregon QCC 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Feroleto Steel Company Inc. 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Book Fairs - Milwaukee 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Marlton Supermarket Inc. 6.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Unlimited Vending, Inc 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stanley Steemer - Charlotte 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ramco Engineering, Inc. 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lima Pallet Company 52 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, 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.