Machine guards, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing · Ohio
Midwest Fabrications, LLC
Tallmadge, OH · ~26 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 16.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Midwest Fabrications, LLC runs at 498% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Machine guards, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Midwest Fabrications, LLC: 16.4 TCR = 498% of Machine guards, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Midwest Fabrications, LLC safety composite
Midwest Fabrications, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).
15/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 16.44 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 12.13 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% 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
Midwest Fabrications, LLC: 8.8 → 24.3 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 28.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.74× in 2023
Midwest Fabrications, LLC's TCR rose 15.5 from 8.8 in 2017 to 24.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 28.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332322 · Tallmadge, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 16.4 · 498% of ind
- DART 12.1 DART
- RANK #90/90
- PHOTO Plenums Plus
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~26 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Plenums Plus (0.1 TCR gap)
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Midwest Fabrications, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Safe Air Dowco
Safe Air Dowco
16.7 TCR
- This site
Midwest Fabrications, LLC
16.4 TCR
- Plenums Plus
Plenums Plus
16.3 TCR
- Crystal Distri
Crystal Distribution Inc. - Fife, WA
16.3 TCR
- Great Plains
Great Plains
16.2 TCR
What this shows Midwest Fabrications, LLC averages 16.4 TCR (498% of the Machine guards, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Midwest Fabrications, LLC TCR series: 2017=8.8 · 2018=14.5 · 2019=28.5 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=24.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Midwest Fabrications, LLC falls in its industry
1,158 Machine guards, sheet metal (e establishmentsSafer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #90 safest of 90 Machine guards, sheet metal (e employers in Ohio.
Midwest Fabrications, LLC has fewer employees than the Machine guards, sheet metal (except stam 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 | 24.3 | 12.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 28.5 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 14.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332322 · OH · Tallmadge
1,158 Machine guards, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 45 employers in Tallmadge, OH · 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 | Plenums Plus | 16.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Crystal Distribution Inc. - Fife, WA | 16.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Safe Air Dowco | 16.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Great Plains | 16.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Hog and Maitenance | 26 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | YNOT Farm | 26 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | OA Facility Maintenance Shop | 26 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SMT INDUSTRIES | 26 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Summit Racing Ohio | 1,069 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AutoSales dba Summit Racing Equipment | 1,057 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Steere | 235 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SD Myers LLC | 232 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Yard Masters, Inc. | 16.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Education | 16.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | RK-118-Huntsville ( RK-118 ) | 16.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | McCoys Building Supply-Weimar | 16.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Hart Buick GMC Inc | 26 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cell Culture Company LLC | 26 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Control Devices Inc. | 26 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pro Engineering and Manufacturing, Inc. | 26 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.