Iron castings, unfinished, manufacturing · Colorado

Western Foundries, Inc.

Longmont, CO · ~22 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
28.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Western Foundries, Inc. runs at 872% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Iron castings, unfinished, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Western Foundries, Inc.: 28.8 TCR = 872% of Iron castings, unfinished, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western Foundries, Inc. safety composite

Western Foundries, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 28.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Western Foundries, Inc.: 18.6 → 26.9 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 45.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.19× in 2024

Western Foundries, Inc.'s TCR rose 8.3 from 18.6 in 2016 to 26.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 45.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331511 · Longmont, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 28.8 · 872% of ind

  • DART 5.4 DART
  • RANK P1
  • PHOTO Southern California
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 45 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Southern California (0.3 TCR gap)

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Western Foundries, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Western Foundries, Inc. averages 28.8 TCR (872% of the Iron castings, unfinished, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Western Foundries, Inc. TCR series: 2016=18.6 · 2017=22.9 · 2018=20.6 · 2019=45.3 · 2021=38.4 · 2022=28 · 2023=29.6 · 2024=26.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Western Foundries, Inc. falls in its industry

272 Iron castings, unfinished, man establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Western Foundries, Inc. (22 employees, TCR 28.8) 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 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Western Foundries, Inc.
Western Foundries, Inc. (22 employees, TCR 28.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2

Western Foundries, Inc. has fewer employees than the Iron castings, unfinished, manufacturing median and a higher 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 26.9 5.4 5 0 0
2023 29.6 24.7 6 0 0
2022 28.0 18.6 6 0 0
2021 38.4 22.0 7 0 0
2019 45.3 24.7 11 0 0
2018 20.6 13.7 6 0 0
2017 22.9 18.3 0 5 0
2016 18.6 4.7 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331511 · CO · Longmont

272 Iron castings, unfinished, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 182 employers in Longmont, CO · 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 Southern California 29.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Badger Foundry Co., Winona 28.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hamburg Plow Works Inc. 29.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR St. Marys Foundry, Inc. 29.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jack's Bean Company LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ponderosa Partnership LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allied Demolition, Inc 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE San Isabel Electric Association- Pueblo West Administration 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Longmont, CO 1,167 FTE
CITY-NEAR Longmont United Hospital 638 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2643-05500001-055001 562 FTE
CITY-NEAR Longs Peak Hospital 537 FTE
NAT-TCR Grocery Outlet Santa Cruz 28.8 TCR
NAT-TCR CentraCare - Long Prairie Meadow Place 28.8 TCR
NAT-TCR JAWS Logistics LLC 28.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Cocoa Vending 28.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE City Point Fire Protection, Inc. 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Keizer Refrigeration 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE 099/Troy 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Manchester motor freight.com 22 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.