Machine shops · Louisiana

Gulf Machine Shop, Inc.

Lake Charles, LA · ~76 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gulf Machine Shop, Inc. runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade C.

Gulf Machine Shop, Inc.: 3.4 TCR = 104% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gulf Machine Shop, Inc. safety composite

Gulf Machine Shop, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

−4.1

2018→2024

Gulf Machine Shop, Inc. injury rate improved

Gulf Machine Shop, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.1 from 5.3 in 2018 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.3 · 2019=3.8 · 2024=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Lake Charles, LA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 104% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #23/28
  • PHOTO Cremach Tech, Inc.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cremach Tech, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gulf Machine Shop, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gulf Machine Shop, Inc. averages 3.4 TCR (104% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Gulf Machine Shop, Inc. TCR series: 2018=5.3 · 2019=3.8 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Gulf Machine Shop, Inc. falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 28 Machine shops employers in Louisiana.

Gulf Machine Shop, Inc. (76 employees, TCR 3.4) 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 Gulf Machine Shop, Inc.
Gulf Machine Shop, Inc. (76 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Gulf Machine Shop, 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
2019 3.8 1.3 3 0 0
2018 5.3 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · LA · Lake Charles

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 197 employers in Lake Charles, LA · 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 Cremach Tech, Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR B&R Machine 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dekalb Forge Annex 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Austin 804 Texas 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Entergy -Magnolia Building 505 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Insulations, LLC. Shreveport 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE BrandSafway LLC - Dow Chemical - St. Charles 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Apache - Axiall Plaquemine 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR Golden Nugget Lake Charles 2,182 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lauberge Casino Resort 1,973 FTE
CITY-NEAR Westlake Chemical Sout 1,063 FTE
CITY-NEAR Westlake Chemical South 1,054 FTE
NAT-TCR Washington State Department of Agriculture 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Precision Turbo and Engine 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Twist Plant 6 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Bay Aging 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Thoma Electric 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jackson Facility 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kre-Bsl Husky Concord Operation LLC 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Star of the West Milling Co - Frankenmuth, MI 76 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, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.