Amalgamators (i.e., metallurgical and mining machinery) manufacturing · Indiana

Deister Machine Company

Fort Wayne, IN · ~284 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Deister Machine Company runs at 203% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Amalgamators (i.e., metallurgical and mining machinery) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Deister Machine Company: 6.7 TCR = 203% of Amalgamators (i.e., metallurgical and mining machinery) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Deister Machine Company safety composite

Deister Machine Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

−3.2

2016→2024

Deister Machine Company injury rate improved

Deister Machine Company's TCR fell 3.2 from 9.7 in 2016 to 6.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.7 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=8.8 · 2022=7.6 · 2023=6.7 · 2024=6.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333131 · Fort Wayne, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 203% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK P23
  • PHOTO Norris Screen and Ma…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 178 inj
  • SIZE ~284 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Norris Screen and Manufacturing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Deister Machine Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Deister Machine Company averages 6.7 TCR (203% of the Amalgamators (i.e., metallurgical and mining machinery) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Deister Machine Company TCR series: 2016=9.7 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=8.8 · 2022=7.6 · 2023=6.7 · 2024=6.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Deister Machine Company falls in its industry

105 Amalgamators (i.e., metallurgi establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Deister Machine Company (284 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 Deister Machine Company
Deister Machine Company (284 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Deister Machine Company has more employees than the Amalgamators (i.e., metallurgical and mi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 6.5 4.1 22 0 0
2023 6.7 4.1 21 0 0
2022 7.6 5.7 20 0 0
2021 8.8 5.8 24 0 0
2020 4.6 4.2 13 0 0
2019 5.2 2.4 15 0 0
2018 4.6 4.0 16 0 0
2017 6.8 4.1 20 0 0
2016 9.7 5.8 27 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333131 · IN · Fort Wayne

105 Amalgamators (i.e., metallurgical and mining machinery) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 634 employers in Fort Wayne, 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 Norris Screen and Manufacturing 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cleveland Vibrator Company 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR R and R Trucking LLC 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Milwaukee Store 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Evansville Plant 284 FTE
STATE-SIZE NORTH VERNON INDUSTRY CORP 284 FTE
STATE-SIZE POLYWOOD LLC 284 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sysco Indianapolis 284 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview Memorial Hospital 6,096 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview North Hospital 4,648 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview Corporate Office 3,312 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shambaugh & Son LP 3,072 FTE
NAT-TCR Pioneer Valley Lodge 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Hyatt Regency Atlanta 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Hamilton Tanks LLC 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Food Stores 6050 6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Albuquerque 284 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spaulding Academy & Family Services 284 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Mayflower at Winter Park 284 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dfa-St Paul Bev-Maplewood Mn 284 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.