Machine shops · Indiana

California Pellet Mill

Crawfordsville, IN · ~58 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

California Pellet Mill runs at 181% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade D.

California Pellet Mill: 6.0 TCR = 181% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

California Pellet Mill safety composite

California Pellet Mill scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−7.0

2016→2019

California Pellet Mill injury rate improved

California Pellet Mill's TCR fell 7.0 from 9.6 in 2016 to 2.6 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.6 · 2017=5.7 · 2019=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Crawfordsville, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 181% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #41/57
  • PHOTO TWH Enterprises, LLC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TWH Enterprises, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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California Pellet Mill in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows California Pellet Mill averages 6.0 TCR (181% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

California Pellet Mill TCR series: 2016=9.6 · 2017=5.7 · 2019=2.6 · BLS 3.3

Where California Pellet Mill falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 24% 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 #41 safest of 57 Machine shops employers in Indiana.

California Pellet Mill (58 employees, TCR 6.0) 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 California Pellet Mill
California Pellet Mill (58 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

California Pellet Mill has more employees than the Machine shops median and a higher 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
2019 2.6 2.6 2 0 0
2017 5.7 3.8 3 0 0
2016 9.6 0.0 5 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 TWH Enterprises, LLC 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kenwell Corporation 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chicago Grinding and Machine Company 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR All Quality Machining and Finishing - Smoketown 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Indiana American Water - Greenwood 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Outside Plant 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Hoosier Company, Inc. 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Service Electric Of Allen County, Inc. 58 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 Ohio Gratings, Inc. Texas 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Steinberg Mfg. 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Fas Rdu 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR AMB316 Washington 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Majestic Inn and Spa 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE IES Livermore 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shanoan Springs Nursing and Rehab 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Departamento De Obras Publicas Municipal (Sioc) 14104 58 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: 2019, 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.