Canopies, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing · Florida

Walt Dittmer & Sons, Inc

Winter Springs, FL · ~29 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Walt Dittmer & Sons, Inc runs at 140% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Canopies, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Walt Dittmer & Sons, Inc: 4.6 TCR = 140% of Canopies, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Walt Dittmer & Sons, Inc safety composite

Walt Dittmer & Sons, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49%), 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−4.2

2019→2024

Walt Dittmer & Sons, Inc injury rate improved

Walt Dittmer & Sons, Inc's TCR fell 4.2 from 8.5 in 2019 to 4.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=8.5 · 2020=7.7 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Winter Springs, FL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 140% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #29/43
  • PHOTO Innovative Metal Ind…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Innovative Metal Industries, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Walt Dittmer & Sons, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Walt Dittmer & Sons, Inc averages 4.6 TCR (140% of the Canopies, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Walt Dittmer & Sons, Inc TCR series: 2019=8.5 · 2020=7.7 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Walt Dittmer & Sons, Inc falls in its industry

1,158 Canopies, sheet metal (except establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 43 Canopies, sheet metal (except employers in Florida.

Walt Dittmer & Sons, Inc (29 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 Walt Dittmer & Sons, Inc
Walt Dittmer & Sons, Inc (29 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Walt Dittmer & Sons, Inc has fewer employees than the Canopies, sheet metal (except stampings) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 4.3 0.0 0 1 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 7.3 2.5 3 0 0
2020 7.7 0.0 2 0 0
2019 8.5 0.0 0 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · FL · Winter Springs

1,158 Canopies, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 33 employers in Winter Springs, FL · 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 Innovative Metal Industries, Inc 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jacksonville, TX 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Matcor Metal Fabrication Morton 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Batavia Plant 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE RB Farms, LLC 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE JW Turf Farms 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heart of Florida Greenhouses, Inc. 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Gardens Citrus Nursery, LLC 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Valor Environmental of GA, Inc. 256 FTE
CITY-NEAR Catholic Heart Work Camp LLC 222 FTE
CITY-NEAR Store 0796 208 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alpha EMC 202 FTE
NAT-TCR North Dallas TX FXFE-NDA 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Allen Chase Enterprises 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Independence 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Kimball Management Corporation 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE High Hotels Ltd - Residence Inn - Lancaster 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE MRL constructors of New York Ltd. 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Midland Asphalt Materials INC - Clearfield 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Builders Systems Incorporated 29 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.