Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel · Ohio

Carter Machine Co. Inc.

Galion, OH · ~52 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carter Machine Co. Inc. runs at 117% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel workplace, earning a grade C.

Carter Machine Co. Inc.: 3.9 TCR = 117% of Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carter Machine Co. Inc. safety composite

Carter Machine Co. Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

−2.7

2016→2024

Carter Machine Co. Inc. injury rate improved

Carter Machine Co. Inc.'s TCR fell 2.7 from 5.0 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.0 · 2017=6.7 · 2018=7.2 · 2019=11.4 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331210 · Galion, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 117% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #11/34
  • PHOTO Atlas Tube Alabama INC
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Atlas Tube Alabama INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carter Machine Co. Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carter Machine Co. Inc. averages 3.9 TCR (117% of the Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel BLS benchmark).

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

Carter Machine Co. Inc. TCR series: 2016=5 · 2017=6.7 · 2018=7.2 · 2019=11.4 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Carter Machine Co. Inc. falls in its industry

329 Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, loc establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 34 Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, loc employers in Ohio.

Carter Machine Co. Inc. (52 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Carter Machine Co. Inc.
Carter Machine Co. Inc. (52 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Carter Machine Co. Inc. has fewer employees than the Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, s median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2023 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 11.4 6.5 6 1 0
2018 7.2 1.8 1 3 0
2017 6.7 0.0 1 3 0
2016 5.0 5.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331210 · OH · Galion

329 Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 28 employers in Galion, 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 Atlas Tube Alabama INC 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blaine 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plymouth Tube Streator 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plymouth Tube Company Trent 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Massillon 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Power Home Solar Columbus 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hartwell 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Daimler Group 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Galion Hospital/Avita Health System 1,142 FTE
CITY-NEAR Galion Community Hospital 1,022 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lifetouch Church Directories Inc. Galion Plant 311 FTE
CITY-NEAR COVERT MANUFACTURING INC 275 FTE
NAT-TCR Wixom 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Michigan's Adventure 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR UBMD Family Medicine 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Supply Chain : Monogram Refrigeration, LLC, Selmer, TN 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Broussard Terminal 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eagle Rivet Roof Services Corporation 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pro Electric, Inc. 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Witherup 52 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.