Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing · North Dakota

Harris Machine Company

Oakes, ND · ~65 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Harris Machine Company runs at 364% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Harris Machine Company: 12.0 TCR = 364% of Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Harris Machine Company safety composite

Harris Machine Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

−286.1

2020→2024

Harris Machine Company injury rate improved

Harris Machine Company's TCR fell 286.1 from 288.5 in 2020 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 576.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=288.5 · 2021=576.9 · 2022=28.4 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332313 · Oakes, ND ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.0 · 364% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK P6
  • PHOTO Ozark Steel LLC North
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 33 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ozark Steel LLC North (0.0 TCR gap)

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Harris Machine Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Harris Machine Company averages 12.0 TCR (364% of the Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Harris Machine Company TCR series: 2020=288.5 · 2021=576.9 · 2022=28.4 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Harris Machine Company falls in its industry

449 Plate work (e.g., bending, cut establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Harris Machine Company (65 employees, TCR 12.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Harris Machine Company
Harris Machine Company (65 employees, TCR 12.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Harris Machine Company has more employees than the Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punc median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 2.4 2.4 2 0 0
2023 5.2 5.2 4 0 0
2022 28.4 4.7 18 0 0
2021 576.9 576.9 6 0 0
2020 288.5 288.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332313 · ND · Oakes

449 Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,696 rated employers in North Dakota with headcount on file · 8 employers in Oakes, ND · 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 Ozark Steel LLC North 12.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1701 Moler Rd 12.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Egging SM LLC 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sawing and Shearing Services, Inc. 11.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Continental Resources - Tioga, ND 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northern Improvement Company Dickinson 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wallwork Truck Center Bismarck 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3123 Family Fare (Roughrider Rd, Dickinson ND) 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR Oakes Community Hospital 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2643-33120001-331201 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR Good Samaritan Society Oakes 71 FTE
CITY-NEAR Good Samaritan Society of Oakes 62 FTE
NAT-TCR Vtsjo - St Johnsbury 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Gillette Ridge Golf Club 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Country Gardens 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Windham Pepsi Cola Bottling Company, Inc. 12.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Raley's 333-Antioch 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Raley's 122-Fernley 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Demler Enterprises, LLC 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Environmental Remedies LLC. 65 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.