Machine shops · Indiana

B&J Specialty, INC

Wawaka, IN · ~100 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

B&J Specialty, INC runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade B.

B&J Specialty, INC: 2.1 TCR = 63% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

B&J Specialty, INC safety composite

B&J Specialty, INC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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)
C 2.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

−1.3

2018→2024

B&J Specialty, INC injury rate improved

B&J Specialty, INC's TCR fell 1.3 from 2.5 in 2018 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.5 · 2019=0.9 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=1.0 · 2022=2.0 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Wawaka, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 63% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #11/57
  • PHOTO RTC Aerospace Chatsw…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~100 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RTC Aerospace Chatsworth Division (0.0 TCR gap)

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B&J Specialty, INC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows B&J Specialty, INC averages 2.1 TCR (63% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

B&J Specialty, INC TCR series: 2018=2.5 · 2019=0.9 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=1 · 2022=2 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 3.3

Where B&J Specialty, INC falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 72% 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 #11 safest of 57 Machine shops employers in Indiana.

B&J Specialty, INC (100 employees, TCR 2.1) 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&J Specialty, INC
B&J Specialty, INC (100 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

B&J Specialty, INC has more 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
2024 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2023 5.2 5.2 5 0 0
2022 2.0 2.0 2 0 0
2021 1.0 0.0 1 0 0
2020 1.8 0.9 2 0 0
2019 0.9 0.0 1 0 0
2018 2.5 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · IN · Wawaka

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana 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 RTC Aerospace Chatsworth Division 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crosby - Little Rock 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Du Page Precision Products Co 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR FM 1 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Belstra Group Farms 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Merritt Contracting 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Geiger Excavating Inc. 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kens Foods Lebanon 100 FTE
CITY-NEAR Frick Services, Inc. - Wawaka 19 FTE
NAT-TCR Modine Manufacturing Company - Grenada OEM 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR TMX2360 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Linden 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Precision Blasting, LLC 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Nogales Usd 1 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nippon Shokken U.S.A. Inc. 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aleph Logistics 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Meriwether Site Solutions 100 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, 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.