Machine shops · Indiana

B & L Engineering, Inc.

Crawfordsville, IN · ~34 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

B & L Engineering, Inc. runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade B.

B & L Engineering, Inc.: 2.2 TCR = 65% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

B & L Engineering, Inc. safety composite

B & L Engineering, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−2.8

2018→2023

B & L Engineering, Inc. injury rate improved

B & L Engineering, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.8 from 2.8 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.8 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Crawfordsville, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 65% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/57
  • PHOTO Lambda Technologies …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lambda Technologies Group (0.0 TCR gap)

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B & L Engineering, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows B & L Engineering, Inc. averages 2.2 TCR (65% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

B & L Engineering, Inc. TCR series: 2018=2.8 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where B & L Engineering, Inc. falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 57 Machine shops employers in Indiana.

B & L Engineering, Inc. (34 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate B & L Engineering, Inc.
B & L Engineering, Inc. (34 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

B & L Engineering, Inc. has fewer employees than the Machine shops median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.5 0.0 1 0 0
2020 3.6 3.6 1 0 0
2019 3.1 0.0 1 0 0
2018 2.8 2.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · IN · Crawfordsville

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 66 employers in Crawfordsville, IN · 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 Lambda Technologies Group 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR H-E Parts International - MSUSA 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zigg Holdings LLC 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sisson Engineering Corp 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE 118-NiSource-Hammond IN-CISC 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heartland REMC - Markle District 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE 220-NiSource-Gary IN-GM&T 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ardizzone Enterprises Inc 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR LSC Communications 986 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakeside Book Company - Crawfordsville 833 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nucor Steel 793 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nucor Steel-Indiana 765 FTE
NAT-TCR McC Corporate Office 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Micron Products 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Missouri Tooling & Automation 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Tooling - Lakeville, MN 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dormax 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ka-Wood Gear & Machine Co. 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Environmental Response 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trifecta Trading LLC 34 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.