May 2026 Volume 8

FIA ANNOUNCES 2025 SAFETY AWARD WINNERS

SAFETY

CONGRATULATIONS 2025 SAFETY AWARD WINNERS!

T he Forging Industry Association (FIA), representing North American producers of forged metal components and the suppliers that support the industry, has announced the recipients of its 2025 Safety Awards, recognizing forging facilities that demonstrate exceptional workplace safety performance. “Safety performance remains a top priority across the forging industry,” said Mark Ames. “We’re proud to recognize companies that are setting the standard.” “This is one of the most engaged benchmarking programs we run,” said Tricia Abruzzino, Membership Manager at FIA. “I work directly with participating companies and our benchmarking partner throughout the process, and what stands out is how actively members are using this data, not just to track performance, but to drive meaningful safety improvements across their operations year over year.” Award recipients are top-performing facilities that participated in FIA’s 2025 Occupational Injury & Illness Survey, which benchmarks safety performance across the North American forging industry. Lowest Recordable Rate (RR) with DART Rate Below Group Average Facilities are grouped by employee count. Winners achieved the lowest recordable incident rate (RR) while keeping their DART rate below the group average. Group IV (More than 326 Employees) • First Place: FRISA Aerospace Plant - Superalloys Plant • Second Place: FRISA - Santa Catarina Plant • Third Place: FRISA - Garcia Plant Group III (176–325 Employees) • First Place: DAUCH - Columbus Plant • Second Place: DAUCH - Minerva Plant • Third Place: Ellwood Texas Forge & Machine - Houston Plant Group II (81–175 Employees)

Group I (Up to 80 Employees) First Place (tie): • Midwest Tool and Cutlery Co. Forge • Cardinal Forge Company (Division of Forge Resources Group) • Illinois Forge Company (Division of Forge Resources Group) • Forge Products Corporation • Michigan Forge Company (Division of Forge Resources Group) • DeKalb Forge Company (Division of Forge Resources Group) • Star Freeport Company (Division of Forge Resources Group) • Daifuku Forging Plant • Solmet Technologies • Forge Resources Group Second Place: Finkl Steel Composite - Detroit Plant Third Place: DAUCH - Chicago Plant Recognition: Safety Rate Below Group Average The following facilities achieved safety performance better than

their respective group averages: Group I (Up to 80 Employees) • DAUCH - Troy Plant • Cornell Forge Company

Group II (81–175 Employees) • DAUCH - Royal Oak Plant • Trenton Forging Company • Ellwood National Forge - Irvine Plant

• Pursuit Aerospace Cleveland Group III (176–325 Employees) • DAUCH - Auburn Hills Plant • Portland Forge - Portland Plant • Finkl Steel - Chicago Plant • Canton Drop Forge Group IV (More than 326 Employees) • Aluminum Precision Products - Santa Ana Plant • Presrite Corporation - Cleveland Plant

• First Place: DAUCH - Fort Wayne Plant • Second Place: DAUCH - Wooster Plant • Third Place: DAUCH - Oxford Plant

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