Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing · New York

Highland Tank, LLC (Watervliet, NY)

Watervliet, NY · ~27 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
25.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Highland Tank, LLC (Watervliet, NY) runs at 772% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Highland Tank, LLC (Watervliet, NY): 25.5 TCR = 772% of Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Highland Tank, LLC (Watervliet, NY) safety composite

Highland Tank, LLC (Watervliet, NY) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 25.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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

−35.4

2023→2024

Highland Tank, LLC (Watervliet, NY) injury rate improved

Highland Tank, LLC (Watervliet, NY)'s TCR fell 35.4 from 43.2 in 2023 to 7.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 43.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=43.2 · 2024=7.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332420 · Watervliet, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 25.5 · 772% of ind

  • DART 7.7 DART
  • RANK #10/10
  • PHOTO Minnesota Metalworks…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Minnesota Metalworks, Inc. (1.0 TCR gap)

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Highland Tank, LLC (Watervliet, NY) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Highland Tank, LLC (Watervliet, NY) averages 25.5 TCR (772% of the Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Highland Tank, LLC (Watervliet, NY) TCR series: 2023=43.2 · 2024=7.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Highland Tank, LLC (Watervliet, NY) falls in its industry

355 Bulk storage tanks, heavy gaug establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 10 Bulk storage tanks, heavy gaug employers in New York.

Highland Tank, LLC (Watervliet, NY) (27 employees, TCR 25.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Highland Tank, LLC (Watervliet, NY)
Highland Tank, LLC (Watervliet, NY) (27 employees, TCR 25.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Highland Tank, LLC (Watervliet, NY) has fewer employees than the Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, m median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 7.7 7.7 2 0 0
2023 43.2 43.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332420 · NY · Watervliet

355 Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 25 employers in Watervliet, NY · 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 Minnesota Metalworks, Inc. 24.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Buckeye Fabricating Company 20.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tiger Tanks, Inc. 19.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Savannah Tank and Equipment Corporation 19.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rick Minkus Farms 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Highbanks Dairy 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Van Slyke's Dairy Farm LLC 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Synergy LLC 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Comfortex Corporation 274 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint-Gobain Abrasives 133 FTE
CITY-NEAR Watervliet #245 111 FTE
CITY-NEAR Peter Luizzi & Bros. Contracting, Inc. 107 FTE
NAT-TCR Gold Standard Truss, LLC. 25.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0302 Denver 25.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Pdx-Ground Ops 25.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Edgewood Blaine 25.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Starprint Publications, Inc. 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE National Distribution Centers LLC-16825 MURPHY PARKWAY 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE NFI Interactive Logistics LLC-21 INLAND PARKWAY 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pooles Construction, Inc. 27 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.