Tools and accessories for machine tools manufacturing · Michigan

H.B. Carbide

Lewiston, MI · ~135 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

H.B. Carbide runs at 123% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Tools and accessories for machine tools manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

H.B. Carbide: 4.0 TCR = 123% of Tools and accessories for machine tools manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

H.B. Carbide safety composite

H.B. Carbide scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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 4.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

2016→2024

H.B. Carbide injury rate improved

H.B. Carbide's TCR fell 4.1 from 7.0 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.0 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=5.4 · 2024=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333515 · Lewiston, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 123% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #31/40
  • PHOTO Ossineke Industries
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~135 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ossineke Industries (0.1 TCR gap)

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H.B. Carbide in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows H.B. Carbide averages 4.0 TCR (123% of the Tools and accessories for machine tools manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

H.B. Carbide TCR series: 2016=7 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=5.4 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 3.3

Where H.B. Carbide falls in its industry

221 Tools and accessories for mach establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 40 Tools and accessories for mach employers in Michigan.

H.B. Carbide (135 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate H.B. Carbide
H.B. Carbide (135 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.5

H.B. Carbide has more employees than the Tools and accessories for machine tools median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 2.9 2.1 3 1 0
2023 5.4 2.7 5 3 0
2022 4.5 3.7 6 0 0
2021 2.4 1.6 2 1 0
2020 2.5 1.7 2 1 0
2019 3.7 2.5 4 2 0
2016 7.0 4.6 7 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333515 · MI · Lewiston

221 Tools and accessories for machine tools manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 4 employers in Lewiston, MI · 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 Ossineke Industries 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tawas Tool Company (1&2) 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tawas Tool Company 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4039-03679800-00W001 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lombardo Homes of Michigan 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE EV Construction 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE B&B Electrical Contractors, LLC 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE Master Electric Inc. 135 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwest Hardwoods, Inc. - Lewiston 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwest Hardwoods, Inc 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1515 Family Fare - Lewiston, MI FF, LLC #38-2750461 27 FTE
NAT-TCR Anchor Hocking Distribution Center 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 397 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pickering Logistics 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Salisbury Md - 092 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Forum at The Woodlands 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Orchard Machinery Company 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Legacy Roofing Services, LLC 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 051 135 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, 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.