Waupaca Foundry - Etowah
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ETOWAH, TN | Facilities (except computer operation) support services
~22 avg employees | 2 years of OSHA data
Waupaca Foundry - Etowah has an average TCR of 5.1, which is 197% of the industry average (2.6) for Facilities (except computer operation) support services. This is worse than average.
Safety Insights for Waupaca Foundry - Etowah
Waupaca Foundry - Etowah operates an establishment with approximately 22 full-time equivalent workers in ETOWAH, TN, classified under the Facilities (except computer operation) support services industry (NAICS 561210). Across 2 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 1 recordable injuries, 1 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 5.1 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the D letter grade (Poor Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 2.6 for Facilities (except computer operation) support services, Waupaca Foundry - Etowah's workforce experiences 197% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR above the benchmark flags a higher-than-typical risk profile for jobseekers, insurers, and enforcement agencies to examine.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 2 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Waupaca Foundry - Etowah as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Waupaca Foundry - Etowah's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 561210 — Facilities (except computer operation) support services.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2017)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 37,435 hours worked = 5.34 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Waupaca Foundry - Etowah (this establishment) | 5.11 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Facilities (except computer operation) support services industry avg | 2.60 | BLS IIF, NAICS 561210 |
| Tennessee state avg (all industries) | 19.26 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Waupaca Foundry - Etowah to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2017: 1 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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