Platinum refining, primary · Montana

Base Metals Refinery

Columbus, MT · ~36 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Base Metals Refinery runs at 34% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Platinum refining, primary workplace, earning a grade A.

Base Metals Refinery: 1.1 TCR = 34% of Platinum refining, primary BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Base Metals Refinery safety composite

Base Metals Refinery scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

Base Metals Refinery: 0.0 → 3.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.9 TCR · DART/TCR 3.45× in 2024

Base Metals Refinery's TCR rose 3.9 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 3.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331410 · Columbus, MT AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 34% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK P86
  • PHOTO Global Advanced Metals
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Global Advanced Metals (0.2 TCR gap)

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Base Metals Refinery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Base Metals Refinery averages 1.1 TCR (34% of the Platinum refining, primary BLS benchmark).

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

Base Metals Refinery TCR series: 2016=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Base Metals Refinery falls in its industry

57 Platinum refining, primary establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Base Metals Refinery (36 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Base Metals Refinery
Base Metals Refinery (36 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Base Metals Refinery has fewer employees than the Platinum refining, primary median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331410 · MT · Columbus

57 Platinum refining, primary employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,536 rated employers in Montana with headcount on file · 8 employers in Columbus, MT · 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 Global Advanced Metals 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fallon 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ATI Albany Operations - 34th 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR DC Alabama, Inc. 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sun Mountain Logging 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE DLM Contracting Inc 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jordan Contracting, Inc. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bequet Confections 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Precious Metals Smelter 102 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stillwater Billings Clinic 93 FTE
CITY-NEAR Capra Group Montana 81 FTE
CITY-NEAR Beartooth Healthcare Community 50 FTE
NAT-TCR P&S Transportation Dillon, SC 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Central States Automatic Sprinklers, Inc. 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR SPT - Moreno Valley 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 30050 - Capstone Vmc Fort Scott Ks 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sole Choice, Inc 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Head Quarters 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Finishbinders 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fredericksburg Residency 36 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, 2020, 2019, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.