Ductile iron foundries · Oklahoma

WHEMCO-Ohio Foundry Inc.

Lima, OK · ~81 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

WHEMCO-Ohio Foundry Inc. runs at 441% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ductile iron foundries workplace, earning a grade F.

WHEMCO-Ohio Foundry Inc.: 14.5 TCR = 441% of Ductile iron foundries BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

WHEMCO-Ohio Foundry Inc. safety composite

WHEMCO-Ohio Foundry Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

WHEMCO-Ohio Foundry Inc.: 8.6 → 15.7 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 19.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.38× in 2019

WHEMCO-Ohio Foundry Inc.'s TCR rose 7.2 from 8.6 in 2016 to 15.7 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 19.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331511 · Lima, OK ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.5 · 441% of ind

  • DART 5.5 DART
  • RANK #6/6
  • PHOTO Dotson Company
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 50 inj
  • SIZE ~81 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dotson Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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WHEMCO-Ohio Foundry Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows WHEMCO-Ohio Foundry Inc. averages 14.5 TCR (441% of the Ductile iron foundries BLS benchmark).

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

WHEMCO-Ohio Foundry Inc. TCR series: 2016=8.6 · 2018=19.3 · 2019=15.7 · BLS 3.3

Where WHEMCO-Ohio Foundry Inc. falls in its industry

272 Ductile iron foundries establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oklahoma alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Ductile iron foundries employers in Oklahoma.

WHEMCO-Ohio Foundry Inc. (81 employees, TCR 14.5) 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate WHEMCO-Ohio Foundry Inc.
WHEMCO-Ohio Foundry Inc. (81 employees, TCR 14.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2

WHEMCO-Ohio Foundry Inc. has fewer employees than the Ductile iron foundries 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
2019 15.7 5.5 20 0 0
2018 19.3 10.9 23 0 0
2016 8.6 2.1 7 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331511 · OK · Lima

272 Ductile iron foundries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,320 rated employers in Oklahoma with headcount on file · 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 Dotson Company 14.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR FRANKLIN IRON WORKS, INC 14.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR MCF Milwaukee Plant 14.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR PLYMOUTH FOUNDRY, INC 14.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE US166: Oklahoma City 442 - SG 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mingo Manufacturing, Inc. 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Continental Industries Tulsa 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Reading Equipment Distribution Claremore 81 FTE
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0121 Torrance 14.5 TCR
NAT-TCR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : LGB3 14.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Amzl : Dsd2 14.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Catawba Hospital 14.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Delta Steel DFT 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE RESIDENTIAL 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Santa Rosa Postacute Care LLC. 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Navistar Direct marketing 81 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: 2019, 2018, 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.