Machine shops · Ohio

Howland Machine Corp

Niles, OH · ~19 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Howland Machine Corp runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade C.

Howland Machine Corp: 3.1 TCR = 93% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Howland Machine Corp safety composite

Howland Machine Corp scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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

−4.4

2016→2024

Howland Machine Corp injury rate improved

Howland Machine Corp's TCR fell 4.4 from 4.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.4 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=8.2 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=6.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=5.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Niles, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 93% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #91/172
  • PHOTO PHB Machining & Mold…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PHB Machining & Molding (0.0 TCR gap)

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Howland Machine Corp in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Howland Machine Corp averages 3.1 TCR (93% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Howland Machine Corp TCR series: 2016=4.4 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=0 · 2019=8.2 · 2020=0 · 2021=6 · 2022=0 · 2023=5 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Howland Machine Corp falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #91 safest of 172 Machine shops employers in Ohio.

Howland Machine Corp (19 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Howland Machine Corp
Howland Machine Corp (19 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Howland Machine Corp has fewer employees than the Machine shops median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 5.0 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 6.0 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 8.2 4.1 1 1 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2016 4.4 4.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · OH · Niles

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 54 employers in Niles, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR PHB Machining & Molding 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Burns Machine Co 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Precision Automation Company, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big B Manufacturing, Inc 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE 514-NiSource-Fremont OH Ofc Serv 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Del-Co Water Company - 6658 Olentangy River Rd 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maronda Homes LLC of Ohio-Cincinnati Office 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dunlop & Johnston, Inc. 19 FTE
CITY-NEAR Niles, OH 641 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alorica Business Solutions LLC- Niles 610 FTE
CITY-NEAR Howmet Aerospace - Niles Operations 542 FTE
CITY-NEAR Howmet Aerospace - Niles Operastions 435 FTE
NAT-TCR Mizzy Construction, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR MEM-TRU 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Andersen Interior Contracting, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Crown Lift Trucks Shreveport 3.1 TCR

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, 2018, 2017, 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.