Lathes, metalworking, manufacturing · Missouri

L. E. Sauer Machine Co.

Saint Louis, MO · ~50 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

L. E. Sauer Machine Co. runs at 348% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Lathes, metalworking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

L. E. Sauer Machine Co.: 11.5 TCR = 348% of Lathes, metalworking, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

L. E. Sauer Machine Co. safety composite

L. E. Sauer Machine Co. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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%).

L. E. Sauer Machine Co. held a steady TCR band

L. E. Sauer Machine Co.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 10.1 in 2017 to 9.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 15.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.1 · 2018=12.4 · 2019=15.8 · 2021=10.6 · 2022=9.9 · 2023=9.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333517 · Saint Louis, MO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.5 · 348% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #10/10
  • PHOTO Harold R Henrich Inc.
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Harold R Henrich Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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L. E. Sauer Machine Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows L. E. Sauer Machine Co. averages 11.5 TCR (348% of the Lathes, metalworking, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

L. E. Sauer Machine Co. TCR series: 2017=10.1 · 2018=12.4 · 2019=15.8 · 2021=10.6 · 2022=9.9 · 2023=9.9 · BLS 3.3

Where L. E. Sauer Machine Co. falls in its industry

391 Lathes, metalworking, manufact establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 10 Lathes, metalworking, manufact employers in Missouri.

L. E. Sauer Machine Co. (50 employees, TCR 11.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate L. E. Sauer Machine Co.
L. E. Sauer Machine Co. (50 employees, TCR 11.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4

L. E. Sauer Machine Co. has fewer employees than the Lathes, metalworking, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 9.9 2.0 5 0 0
2022 9.9 4.0 5 0 0
2021 10.6 2.1 5 0 0
2019 15.8 0.0 8 0 0
2018 12.4 4.2 6 0 0
2017 10.1 0.0 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333517 · MO · Saint Louis

391 Lathes, metalworking, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 448 employers in Saint Louis, MO · 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 Harold R Henrich Inc. 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blough, Inc 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Precision Metal Works - Frankfort 11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Signicast Milwaukee Finishing 11.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Opal-Foods Anderson Farm 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN MISSOURI - Jefferson City 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN MISSOURI - Meter Services - MO 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE New-Mac Electric Cooperative, Inc. - Neosho, MO 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR MO002 12,691 FTE
CITY-NEAR Barnes-Jewish Hospital 9,005 FTE
CITY-NEAR MERCY HOSPITAL ST LOUIS 5,653 FTE
CITY-NEAR Checkerboard Square 3,464 FTE
NAT-TCR West Memphis Steel Corporation 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 0559 - Indianapolis DC 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Red Lion on the River and Roadway Inn 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 1988 - Tolleson Az Return Center 11.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Walsh Willamina 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Military Construction Corporation 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation -Olyphant 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Poudre Valley Air Services LLC 50 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, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.