Construction machinery manufacturing · Ohio

American Augers, Inc.

West Salem, OH · ~216 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

American Augers, Inc. runs at 116% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Construction machinery manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

American Augers, Inc.: 3.8 TCR = 116% of Construction machinery manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American Augers, Inc. safety composite

American Augers, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).

D

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.5

2016→2024

American Augers, Inc. injury rate improved

American Augers, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.5 from 3.7 in 2016 to 3.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.7 · 2017=5.0 · 2018=6.3 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333120 · West Salem, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 116% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #20/39
  • PHOTO Ditch Witch
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 40 inj
  • SIZE ~216 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ditch Witch (0.0 TCR gap)

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American Augers, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows American Augers, Inc. averages 3.8 TCR (116% of the Construction machinery manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

American Augers, Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2017=5 · 2018=6.3 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where American Augers, Inc. falls in its industry

400 Construction machinery manufac establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 39 Construction machinery manufac employers in Ohio.

American Augers, Inc. (216 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 American Augers, Inc.
American Augers, Inc. (216 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 4.0

American Augers, Inc. has more employees than the Construction machinery manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 3.2 3.2 7 0 0
2023 0.9 0.5 2 0 0
2018 6.3 3.2 15 1 0
2017 5.0 3.5 9 1 0
2016 3.7 1.4 7 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333120 · OH · West Salem

400 Construction machinery manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 5 employers in West Salem, OH · 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 Ditch Witch 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crafco Equipment Plant 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wacker Neuson America Corporation- Logistics 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Putzmeister America Inc 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Claypool Electric Inc 216 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brewer-Garrett Company 216 FTE
STATE-SIZE OCP Contractors Inc 216 FTE
STATE-SIZE MICELI DAIRY PRODUCTS COMPANY 216 FTE
CITY-NEAR Johnson Bros West Salem, Inc. 126 FTE
CITY-NEAR Premium Building Products 113 FTE
CITY-NEAR Johnson Bros. - West Salem, Inc. 107 FTE
CITY-NEAR West Salem 49 FTE
NAT-TCR Clinton 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Holy Cross HealthPlex 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Green Bay 29 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Shelmet Precision CastingCo., Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Plant HW 216 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cardinal Health Lakeland 216 FTE
NAT-SIZE BUR 216 FTE
NAT-SIZE Columbia Falls MDF 216 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, 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.