Iron foundries · Indiana
Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 5
Tell City, IN · ~910 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 5 runs at 179% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Iron foundries workplace, earning a grade D.
Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 5: 5.9 TCR = 179% of Iron foundries BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 5 safety composite
Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 5 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).
57/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 5.9 per 100 workers
Safer than 58% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 2.29 per 100 workers
Safer than 60% 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
−2.0
2016→2024
Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 5 injury rate improved
Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 5's TCR fell 2.0 from 6.0 in 2016 to 4.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=6.0 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=5.6 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=8.3 · 2022=8.0 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=4.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331511 · Tell City, IN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 179% of ind
- DART 2.3 DART
- RANK #11/22
- PHOTO Chattanooga - Motorw…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 450 inj
- SIZE ~910 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Chattanooga - Motorwheel LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 5 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Golden's Found
Golden's Foundry & Machine
6 TCR
- This site
Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 5
5.9 TCR
- Chattanooga -
Chattanooga - Motorwheel LLC
5.9 TCR
- Neenah Foundry
Neenah Foundry
5.7 TCR
- Accurate Casti
Accurate Castings, Inc
5.7 TCR
What this shows Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 5 averages 5.9 TCR (179% of the Iron foundries BLS benchmark).
Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 5 TCR series: 2016=6 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=5.6 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=8.3 · 2022=8 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=4.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 5 falls in its industry
272 Iron foundries establishmentsSafer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 22 Iron foundries employers in Indiana.
Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 5 has more 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 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 36 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 43 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.0 | 4.9 | 71 | 7 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.3 | 4.9 | 64 | 15 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.7 | 4.0 | 46 | 9 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.7 | 3.6 | 51 | 6 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.6 | 3.8 | 47 | 9 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 36 | 7 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6.0 | 3.5 | 56 | 4 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331511 · IN · Tell City
272 Iron foundries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 21 employers in Tell City, 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 | Chattanooga - Motorwheel LLC | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Golden's Foundry & Machine | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Neenah Foundry | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Accurate Castings, Inc | 5.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Hunt Construction Group | 910 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tippecanoe County Government | 912 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gateway Immediate Care | 914 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | HPN- Greenfield Immediate Care | 914 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1676 | 319 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1676 | 296 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lincoln Hills Development Corporation | 143 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Oakwood Health Campus | 104 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Canonsburg Shop 'n Save | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | LTU | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | T&C Stainless, Inc | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | H & R Agripower - Tanner | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | US MI Holland 11768 James St | 910 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Shasta Regional Medical Center | 910 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Primary Beef-Fresno CA | 910 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | HomeNurse | 910 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.