Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing · Indiana

Howe Indiana

East Howe, IN · ~58 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Howe Indiana runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Howe Indiana: 5.1 TCR = 155% of Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Howe Indiana safety composite

Howe Indiana scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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).

C

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−4.0

2022→2023

Howe Indiana injury rate improved

Howe Indiana's TCR fell 4.0 from 7.1 in 2022 to 3.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=7.1 · 2023=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · East Howe, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 155% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #22/35
  • PHOTO Sargent Metal
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sargent Metal (0.0 TCR gap)

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Howe Indiana in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Howe Indiana averages 5.1 TCR (155% of the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Howe Indiana TCR series: 2022=7.1 · 2023=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Howe Indiana falls in its industry

1,158 Sheet metal work (except stamp establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 35 Sheet metal work (except stamp employers in Indiana.

Howe Indiana (58 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Howe Indiana
Howe Indiana (58 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Howe Indiana has more employees than the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manu 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
2023 3.1 0.0 2 0 0
2022 7.1 5.3 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · IN · East Howe

1,158 Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 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 Sargent Metal 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heating and Cooling Products - MV 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Norcal Construction Inc 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shaffer Metal Fab, Inc. 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Indiana American Water - Greenwood 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Outside Plant 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Hoosier Company, Inc. 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Service Electric Of Allen County, Inc. 58 FTE
NAT-TCR Harris Door and Drawer, Inc. 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Autocam Corporation Dowagiac 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Triad Engineering & Contracting 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 55779 University of MN 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Black Brothers Company 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE PAHC Management & Services Corporation 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cameron 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE FACTS Engineering, LLC 58 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: 2023, 2022. 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.