Aluminum die-casting foundries · Kentucky

Trace Die Cast, Inc.

Bowling Green, KY · ~417 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Trace Die Cast, Inc. runs at 181% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Aluminum die-casting foundries workplace, earning a grade D.

Trace Die Cast, Inc.: 6.0 TCR = 181% of Aluminum die-casting foundries BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Trace Die Cast, Inc. safety composite

Trace Die Cast, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.4

2017→2024

Trace Die Cast, Inc. injury rate improved

Trace Die Cast, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.4 from 6.0 in 2017 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.0 · 2018=8.5 · 2019=7.5 · 2020=4.7 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=3.0 · 2024=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331523 · Bowling Green, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 181% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #7/8
  • PHOTO Imperial Die Casting
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 221 inj
  • SIZE ~417 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Imperial Die Casting (0.1 TCR gap)

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Trace Die Cast, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Trace Die Cast, Inc. averages 6.0 TCR (181% of the Aluminum die-casting foundries BLS benchmark).

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

Trace Die Cast, Inc. TCR series: 2017=6 · 2018=8.5 · 2019=7.5 · 2020=4.7 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=3 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Trace Die Cast, Inc. falls in its industry

221 Aluminum die-casting foundries establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 8 Aluminum die-casting foundries employers in Kentucky.

Trace Die Cast, Inc. (417 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Trace Die Cast, Inc.
Trace Die Cast, Inc. (417 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Trace Die Cast, Inc. has more employees than the Aluminum die-casting foundries median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 4.5 3.4 24 0 0
2023 3.0 2.2 16 0 0
2022 7.7 5.8 36 1 0
2021 5.9 2.7 19 3 0
2020 4.7 2.3 15 1 0
2019 7.5 5.8 36 0 0
2018 8.5 5.3 45 1 0
2017 6.0 2.6 30 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331523 · KY · Bowling Green

221 Aluminum die-casting foundries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 331 employers in Bowling Green, KY · 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 Imperial Die Casting 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cast-Rite Corporation 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Linamar Light Metals-MR 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR RHEOCAST COMPANY 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Toyoda Gosei Automotive Sealing Kentucky 415 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3495-10D7200 415 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel 419 FTE
STATE-SIZE Radial INC- 7601 Trade Port 414 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green 2,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Medical Center at Bowling Green 1,872 FTE
CITY-NEAR Magna Bowling Green Metalforming 1,441 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bowling Green Metalforming 1,344 FTE
NAT-TCR HNCGB03 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR San Mateo 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 118 Homewood Suites by Hilton 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Rouses Market #20 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Folger Coffee Co.- Gentilly 417 FTE
NAT-SIZE Metro Transit East Metro Garage 417 FTE
NAT-SIZE DC1 Taftville 417 FTE
NAT-SIZE CMC Placing Northern California 417 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.