Automobile dealers, new only or new and used · Indiana

Wetzel Ford

Richmond, IN · ~37 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wetzel Ford runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Automobile dealers, new only or new and used workplace, earning a grade D.

Wetzel Ford: 4.2 TCR = 122% of Automobile dealers, new only or new and used BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wetzel Ford safety composite

Wetzel Ford scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 36%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−6.6

2018→2024

Wetzel Ford injury rate improved

Wetzel Ford's TCR fell 6.6 from 6.6 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.6 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=5.0 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=7.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 441110 · Richmond, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 122% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #24/35
  • PHOTO Park Place Motorcars…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Park Place Motorcars, Ltd (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wetzel Ford in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wetzel Ford averages 4.2 TCR (122% of the Automobile dealers, new only or new and used BLS benchmark).

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

Wetzel Ford TCR series: 2018=6.6 · 2019=0 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=5 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=7.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Wetzel Ford falls in its industry

2,847 Automobile dealers, new only o establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 35 Automobile dealers, new only o employers in Indiana.

Wetzel Ford (37 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Wetzel Ford
Wetzel Ford (37 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Wetzel Ford has fewer employees than the Automobile dealers, new only or new and median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 7.3 0.0 3 0 0
2022 5.5 0.0 2 0 0
2021 5.0 0.0 2 0 0
2020 4.8 2.4 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 6.6 2.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

441110 · IN · Richmond

2,847 Automobile dealers, new only or new and used employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 131 employers in Richmond, 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 Park Place Motorcars, Ltd 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR BLAISE ALEXANDER LEWISTOWN 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mauer Chevrolet 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR PTI Santa Rosa 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Utopian Plants Indiana, LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cokenergy 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE CORE Construction Indiana, LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1038 - BELFOR Indianapolis IN 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR City Of Richmond 535 FTE
CITY-NEAR Belden, Inc. 399 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1745 369 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1745 361 FTE
NAT-TCR Texas Children's Hospital-West Campus 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Refinery 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 50111 - CAPSTONE Home Depot Lacey WA 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Red River Pallet Inc 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE PA055 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Olson Visual Inc. 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE 544 Paramount Drive, Raynham, MA 02767 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE A. Servidone Inc. / B. Anthony Construction Corp. JV 37 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. 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.