Bins, light gauge metal, manufacturing · North Dakota

Amber Waves Inc

Richardton, ND · ~43 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Amber Waves Inc runs at 342% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bins, light gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Amber Waves Inc: 11.3 TCR = 342% of Bins, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Amber Waves Inc safety composite

Amber Waves Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

Amber Waves Inc: 7.5 → 20.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 20.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.36× in 2024

Amber Waves Inc's TCR rose 12.9 from 7.5 in 2016 to 20.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332439 · Richardton, ND ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.3 · 342% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK P14
  • PHOTO Custom Metalcraft (P…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Custom Metalcraft (Plant 2) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Amber Waves Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Amber Waves Inc averages 11.3 TCR (342% of the Bins, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Amber Waves Inc TCR series: 2016=7.5 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=2.7 · 2020=13.4 · 2021=13.4 · 2022=15.4 · 2023=14.7 · 2024=20.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Amber Waves Inc falls in its industry

175 Bins, light gauge metal, manuf establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Amber Waves Inc (43 employees, TCR 11.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Amber Waves Inc
Amber Waves Inc (43 employees, TCR 11.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Amber Waves Inc has fewer employees than the Bins, light gauge metal, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 20.4 4.1 10 0 0
2023 14.7 0.0 7 0 0
2022 15.4 0.0 5 1 0
2021 13.4 13.4 5 0 0
2020 13.4 13.4 5 0 0
2018 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2017 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2016 7.5 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332439 · ND · Richardton

175 Bins, light gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,696 rated employers in North Dakota 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 Custom Metalcraft (Plant 2) 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main Office 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plant 2 & 4, Rule Steel 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mauser USA, LLC - Warren, PA 10.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bob's Oilfield Service, Inc. 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northern Plains Electric 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Montana Dakota Utilities - Dickinson, ND 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dakota Fence Company - Bismarck 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Richardton Health Center 45 FTE
NAT-TCR Victoria Gardens of Frisco 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 2974 Swn106 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Grower Direct Farms 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Northview Window & Door LLC 11.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Eagle Contracting 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bellmore Home Center Inc Overhead 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Reno 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE 144 Reno 43 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, 2018, 2017, 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.