Machine shops · Indiana
Highway Machine Co., Inc.
Princeton, IN · ~69 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Highway Machine Co., Inc. runs at 182% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade D.
Highway Machine Co., Inc.: 6.0 TCR = 182% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Highway Machine Co., Inc. safety composite
Highway Machine Co., Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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).
26/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.01 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.71 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% 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
−6.4
2016→2024
Highway Machine Co., Inc. injury rate improved
Highway Machine Co., Inc.'s TCR fell 6.4 from 11.1 in 2016 to 4.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=11.1 · 2017=5.8 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=11.4 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=4.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332710 · Princeton, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 182% of ind
- DART 4.7 DART
- RANK #42/57
- PHOTO Precision Processes …
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 34 inj
- SIZE ~69 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Precision Processes Division (0.0 TCR gap)
Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Indiana employers → · Look up another →
Highway Machine Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Highway Machine Co., Inc.
6 TCR
- Precision Proc
Precision Processes Division
6 TCR
- Centerline Mac
Centerline Machine, LLC
6 TCR
- STANLEY MACHIN
STANLEY MACHINING & TOOL CORP.
6 TCR
- TEM INC
TEM INC
6 TCR
What this shows Highway Machine Co., Inc. averages 6.0 TCR (182% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).
Highway Machine Co., Inc. TCR series: 2016=11.1 · 2017=5.8 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=11.4 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Highway Machine Co., Inc. falls in its industry
1,821 Machine shops establishmentsSafer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 57 Machine shops employers in Indiana.
Highway Machine Co., Inc. has more employees than the Machine shops median and a higher 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 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11.4 | 5.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.4 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.8 | 1.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11.1 | 6.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332710 · IN · Princeton
1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 57 employers in Princeton, 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 | Precision Processes Division | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Centerline Machine, LLC | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | STANLEY MACHINING & TOOL CORP. | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TEM INC | 6.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Vectren Corporation - Vectren Technology Acceleration Center | 69 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kennedy Tank & Manufacturing Co., Inc. Field Division | 69 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Coil Processors LLC | 69 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Henry C. Smither Roofing Co., Inc. | 69 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Toyota Motor Mfg Indiana, Inc | 7,667 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Toyota Boshoku Indiana | 1,104 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Toyota Boshoku | 1,069 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1783 | 380 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Eli Roberts & Sons | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Neo Products Corporation Manufacturing Group | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fresno | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Universal Steel of NC LLC | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Spartanburg, SC | 69 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Roth Farms, Inc | 69 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Juvenile | 69 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Highline Place | 69 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.