Commercial and industrial machinery repair and maintenance services · Indiana

Howell Tractor and Equipment

Gary, IN · ~31 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Howell Tractor and Equipment runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Commercial and industrial machinery repair and maintenance services workplace, earning a grade D.

Howell Tractor and Equipment: 2.8 TCR = 132% of Commercial and industrial machinery repair and maintenance services BLS 2.1 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Howell Tractor and Equipment safety composite

Howell Tractor and Equipment scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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).

D

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Howell Tractor and Equipment: 0.0 → 5.5 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 5.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.97× in 2019

Howell Tractor and Equipment's TCR rose 5.5 from 0.0 in 2017 to 5.5 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 811310 · Gary, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.8 · 132% of ind

  • DART 5.5 DART
  • RANK #49/90
  • PHOTO R & R Machine Service
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: R & R Machine Service (0.0 TCR gap)

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Howell Tractor and Equipment in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Howell Tractor and Equipment averages 2.8 TCR (132% of the Commercial and industrial machinery repair and maintenance services BLS benchmark).

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

Howell Tractor and Equipment TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=5.5 · BLS 2.1

Where Howell Tractor and Equipment falls in its industry

2,560 Commercial and industrial mach establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 90 Commercial and industrial mach employers in Indiana.

Howell Tractor and Equipment (31 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 0100200300400500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Howell Tractor and Equipment
Howell Tractor and Equipment (31 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Howell Tractor and Equipment has fewer employees than the Commercial and industrial machinery repa median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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
2019 5.5 5.5 2 0 0
2018 2.9 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

811310 · IN · Gary

2,560 Commercial and industrial machinery repair and maintenance services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 107 employers in Gary, 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 R & R Machine Service 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southern Paving Shop 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Power Systems, L.L.C. 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ICSCRC 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Black Gold Farms - INW 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwest Pullet Farm 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Whitestown, IN 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sullivan Service Center 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR USS Gary Works - Plant 4,744 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gary Works 3,767 FTE
CITY-NEAR HRNI Holdings, LLC 1,430 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DIN2 569 FTE
NAT-TCR ITT ProCast Zachary, USA - IP 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Transit Management of St Joseph 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Schwartz Precision Manufacturing 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Buffalo MRF 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elkmont GGP Production Crew 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kronis Coatings 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Urban Horizons 31 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.