Machine shops · North Carolina

James Tool Machine and Engineering

Name: James Tool Machine and Engineering Workplace Safety Data
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Morganton, NC · ~78 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

James Tool Machine and Engineering runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade B.

James Tool Machine and Engineering: 1.8 TCR = 56% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

James Tool Machine and Engineering safety composite

James Tool Machine and Engineering scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% 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).

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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%).

Rising injury rate

James Tool Machine and Engineering: 1.4 → 2.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

James Tool Machine and Engineering's TCR rose 0.8 from 1.4 in 2023 to 2.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Morganton, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 56% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #7/24
PHOTO Collins Machine Works
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Collins Machine Works (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.9
This site

1.8
Collins Machin

1.8
D & B Machinin

1.8
UMC, Inc.

1.8

What this shows James Tool Machine and Engineering averages 1.8 TCR (56% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

James Tool Machine and Engineering TCR series: 2023=1.4 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 3.3

Where James Tool Machine and Engineering falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 24 Machine shops employers in North Carolina.

James Tool Machine and Engineering (78 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

James Tool Machine and Engineering has more 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	2.2	0.0	2	0	0
2023	1.4	1.4	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · NC · Morganton

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 106 employers in Morganton, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Collins Machine Works	PORTSMOUTH, VA	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	D & B Machining Incorporated	CUMBERLAND, RI	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	UMC, Inc.	MONTICELLO, MN	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Paul's Machine and Welding Corp	VILLA GROVE, IL	1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Kings Mountain Generation Support Facility	KINGS MOUNTAIN	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Blue Ridge Electric Corporate Office	LENOIR	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Forest City location	FOREST CITY	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ground Thunder Construction	CHARLOTTE	78 FTE
CITY-NEAR	DEX-BLUE RIDGE HOSPITAL	Morganton	3,263 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Blue Ridge HealthCare Hospitals, Inc.	Morganton	1,461 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0090-BRHC Hospitals	Morganton	1,460 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Broughton Hospital	Morganton	1,198 FTE
NAT-TCR	Louisa Generating Station	Muscatine, IA	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Genesis Millwork	Garland, TX	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	D & B Machining Incorporated	Cumberland, RI	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Patriot General Engineering. Inc	Lakeside, CA	1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Lakeridge Paving Company LLC	Auburn, WA	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sungwon Centreville LLC	Centreville, VA	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials- HQ	Washington, DC	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cc Florida West Palm Beach	West Palm Beach, FL	78 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.

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