NADCA Awards Leaders in Die Casting Safety

 

Annual award focuses on companies with records exceeding national average

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL – 04/24/24 – The North American Die Casting Association (NADCA) is pleased to announce this year’s Safety Award Winners. NADCA’s Safety Award Program was developed to honor Corporate Members of the association with records that exceed the average U.S. national safety standards for all manufacturing in a given year. The awards are based on each company’s year-end safety records as submitted to OSHA for the previous year of business. These companies will be recognized at NADCA’s Die Casting Congress & Exposition taking place in Indianapolis, Indiana this coming September.

“The high pressure die casting industry continues to reduce the Days Away, Restricted, and Transfer Rate,” commented NADCA Project Manager Beau Glim.  “This is because companies in the industry have created a culture dedicated to keeping their employees safe. The NADCA Safety Awards are a chance to recognize the companies that meet the demanding criteria required to ensure safety for all."

The following companies have maintained a safety record during 2023 with 0 lost days/transfers/restrictions thus qualifying for a Perfect award.

Boyd Allenton, Allenton, Wisconsin

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) Canada Inc. - Etobicoke Casting Plant, Etobicoke, Ontario

High Temperature Systems, Inc., Chagrin Falls, Ohio

Metal Mechanics Inc., Schoolcraft, Michigan

Norican Group LaGrange, Georgia

Omni Die Casting, Inc., Massillon, Ohio

Pace Industries Alloy Resources Corp., Novi, Michigan

Pace Industries Fayetteville Corporate Office, Fayetteville, Arkansas

Pace Industries Harrison Zinc, Harrison, Arkansas

Pace Industries Maple Lake, Maple Lake, Minnesota

Pace Industries Novi, Novi, Michigan

Pace Industries Port City Casting Corp., Muskegon, Michigan

Pace Industries Port City Die Casting, Muskegon, Michigan

Pace Industries Port City Metal Products, Muskegon, Michigan

Pyrotek - COL, Columbia City, Indiana

Twin City Die Castings Company - Monticello Division, Monticello, Minnesota

VERSEVO Inc., Hartland, Wisconsin

Whitehead Die Casting, Gainesville, Georgia

Companies with days away, restricted or transferred (DART) records equal to, or less than 2.0 (based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ 2022’s “All Manufacturing Industries” average total recordable cases), are recognized with an Outstanding award. The DART for nonferrous metal die casting foundries in 2022 was 2.4, so any companies who receive a NADCA Safety Award have safety records remarkably better than average! Outstanding companies including:

Audubon Metals Corporate, Henderson, Kentucky

Castool Tooling Systems, Uxbridge, Ontario

Chicago White Metal Casting Inc., Bensenville, Illinois

Empire Die Casting Co., Macedonia, Ohio

Finkl Steel, Chicago, Illinois

Fort Recovery Industries, Fort Recovery, Ohio

General Motors Bedford, Bedford, Indiana

Gibbs Die Casting, Henderson, Kentucky

Imperial Die Casting Co., Liberty, South Carolina

Le Sueur Inc., Le Sueur, Minnesota

Mercury Marine - Plant 17, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Nemak USA - Gateway, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Nemak USA - Kentucky Plant 2, Glasgow, Kentucky

Nemak USA - Taylor, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Pace Industries Cambridge, North Billerica, Massachusetts

Pace Industries Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico

Pace Industries Grafton, Grafton, Wisconsin

Pace Industries Harrison Aluminum, Harrison, Arkansas

Pace Industries Jackson, Jackson, Tennessee

Pace Industries Latrobe, Loyalhanna Pennsylvania

Pace Industries Saltillo, Saltillo, Mexico

Patterson Mold and Tool, St. Charles, Missouri

Production Castings Inc., Fenton, Missouri

Spartan Light Metal Products, Mexico, Missouri

Stellantis - Kokomo Casting Plant, Kokomo, Indiana

The Schaefer Group, Inc., Beavercreek, Ohio

NADCA’s Progress Award for Safety Improvements recognizes companies with a recorded safety DART improvement of 25% or more compared to the prior year. Congratulations to the following companies for putting forth such a strong effort to improve their safety records!

Audubon Metals Corporate, Henderson, Kentucky

Audubon Metals Kentucky, Henderson, Kentucky

Cascade Die Casting Group, Inc./Great Lakes Division, Sparta, Michigan

Chicago White Metal Casting Inc., Bensenville, Illinois

Dynacast, Lake Forest, California

Fort Recovery Industries, Fort Recovery, Ohio

General Die Casters, Inc., Twinsburg, Ohio

Gibbs Die Casting, Henderson, Kentucky

Imperial Die Casting Co., Liberty, South Carolina

Inland Die Casting, Wheeling, Illinois

Mercury Marine - Plant 17, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Nemak USA - Alabama, Sylacauga, Alabama

Nemak USA - Gateway, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Nemak USA - Taylor, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Pace Industries Maple Lake, Maple Lake, Minnesota

Pace Industries Port City Metal Products, Muskegon, Michigan

Production Castings Inc., Fenton, Missouri

Pyrotek - COL, Columbia City, Indiana

Twin City Die Castings Company - Minneapolis Division, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Twin City Die Castings Company - Monticello Division, Monticello, Minnesota

Walker Die Casting, Lewisburg, Tennessee

Whitehead Die Casting, Gainesville, GA 

NADCA is proud to recognize these award-winning companies, whose applications demonstrate their strong focus on employee safety and well-being.

Learn more about NADCA’s research and tools to improve plant safety online.

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