Industry profile · NAICS 331513
Foundries, steel (except investment)
Workplace injury rates across 96 OSHA-reporting establishments in this industry, 2016–2024.
- 96
- Employers
- 8.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- BLS benchmark
- 3,490
- Injuries
The industry picture
Employers in Foundries, steel (except investment) average 8.7 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 2.6 times the BLS national benchmark of 3.3.
- 8.7
- avg TCR · reporting employers
- 3.3
- BLS national benchmark
- 96
- employers reporting
- 3,490
- recordable injuries
OSHA-reporting establishments skew toward larger, higher-hazard sites, so the reporting average runs above the BLS all-establishment benchmark.
What Foundries, steel (except investment) Safety Data Reveals
The Foundries, steel (except investment) sector (NAICS 331513) encompasses 96 distinct employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Across this cohort, workers have logged 3,490 recordable injuries during the 2016–2024 reporting window, producing an industry-weighted average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 8.7 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year. Because OSHA's ITA mandates submission from establishments with 250+ employees plus all high-hazard industries at 20+ employees, this dataset represents a structural slice of U.S. workplace risk rather than a voluntary sample.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a separate national benchmark TCR of 3.3 for this NAICS code, derived from the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Comparing the two, the ITA-reported rate of 8.7 is higher than the BLS benchmark, a gap that typically widens when the industry contains many large, high-exposure establishments required to file ITA reports. Employers in the table below are sorted so you can see how far individual establishments deviate from both the industry average and the national benchmark.
The practical value of industry-level safety data is threefold. First, jobseekers can gauge whether a prospective employer is better or worse than its industry peers, not just absolute injury counts, which tilt toward larger payrolls. Second, insurers and workers' compensation carriers use sector TCR as a baseline for experience-modification adjustments. Third, safety professionals benchmark their own programs against the cohort median. Use the grade-sorted employer list below to identify specific establishments within Foundries, steel (except investment) that outperform or underperform the sector average, and click through to each record for year-by-year injury, illness, and fatality breakdowns.
Employers in this industry, by injury rate
Page 1 of 2| Employer | Location | Grade | Avg TCR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howell Foundry LLC | St. Francisville, LA | F | 27.4 |
| Northfield Manufacturing, Inc. | Westland, MI | F | 26.3 |
| Kenosha Steel Castings Inc | Kenosha, WI | F | 21.1 |
| Monaca | Monaca, PA | F | 21.0 |
| International Casting Corporation | New Baltimore, MI | F | 20.8 |
| Bahr Bros. Mfg., Inc. | Marion, IN | F | 20.5 |
| Trumbull Metal Specialties- Federal Street | Niles, OH | F | 19.4 |
| Wolf Steel Foundry | Hubbard, OR | F | 17.6 |
| Star Foundry & Machine | Salt Lake City, UT | F | 17.4 |
| Strategic Materials Corporation | South Gate, CA | F | 17.0 |
| J&L Fiber Services | Waukesha, WI | F | 16.9 |
| Quaker City Castings | Salem, OH | F | 16.5 |
| Beaver Valley Alloy Foundry Company | Monaca, PA | F | 16.1 |
| Maynard Steel Casting Co. | Milwaukee, WI | F | 15.6 |
| Sivyer Steel Castings LLC | Bettendorf, Ia, IA | F | 15.3 |
| Spuncast, Inc. | Watertown, WI | F | 14.8 |
| ICD Melting Solutions LLC. | Albertville, AL | F | 14.6 |
| EFI | Bath, PA | F | 14.6 |
| Bay Cast at Webster St | Bay City, MI | F | 14.2 |
| Illinois Ni Cast LLC | Champaign, IL | F | 13.4 |
| Trumbull Metal Specialties- Henry Street | Niles, OH | F | 13.2 |
| Steeltech LLC | Grand Rapids, MI | F | 13.1 |
| Monett Metals | Monett, MO | F | 11.7 |
| HCC | Hazleton, PA | F | 11.6 |
| The Frog, Switch & Manufacturing Company | Carlisle, PA | F | 11.6 |
| ESCO Plant 3 | Portland, OR | F | 11.5 |
| Allsteel & Gypsum Products | Fort Lauderdale, FL | F | 11.4 |
| Arenac Casting Inc. | Standish, MI | F | 11.1 |
| Minncast Inc | Fridley, MN | F | 10.6 |
| Eagle Alloy Inc | Muskegon, MI | F | 10.5 |
| Castcorp | Hibbing, MN | F | 10.4 |
| Harrison Steel Castings | Attica, IN | F | 10.4 |
| Main Plant | Portland, OR | F | 9.2 |
| Keokuk Steel Castings | Keokuk, IA | F | 8.8 |
| Sawbrook Steel Casting LLC | Lockland, OH | F | 8.8 |
| Centrifugal Castings, Inc. | Temple, TX | F | 8.7 |
| Temperform LLC | Novi, MI | F | 8.4 |
| Fisher Cast Steel Products, Inc. | West Jefferson, OH | F | 8.3 |
| Plant 3 | Portland, OR | F | 8.3 |
| Badger Alloys | Milwaukee, WI | F | 8.2 |
| Talladega Castings and Machine Company - Foundry Division | Talladega, AL | F | 8.2 |
| Foundry | Milwaukee, WI | F | 8.1 |
| Bixby | Bixby, OK | F | 7.9 |
| Columbia Steel Casting Co., Inc. | Portland, OR | F | 7.6 |
| Bay Cast at Center Ave | Bay City, MI | F | 7.5 |
| Weir ESCO - Plant 3 | Portland, OR | F | 7.3 |
| Texaloy Foundry | Floresville, TX | F | 7.3 |
| Superior Forge & Steel - New Castle | New Castle, PA | F | 7.3 |
| Valmet - Progress Ave. | Waukesha, WI | F | 7.1 |
| Columbia Steel Casting Co. Inc> | Portland, OR | F | 7.1 |
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