Machine shops · Ohio

Midwest Specialties Inc/Flexarm

Wapakoneta, OH · ~36 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Midwest Specialties Inc/Flexarm runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade C.

Midwest Specialties Inc/Flexarm: 2.7 TCR = 82% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Midwest Specialties Inc/Flexarm safety composite

Midwest Specialties Inc/Flexarm scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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%).

Midwest Specialties Inc/Flexarm held a steady TCR band

Midwest Specialties Inc/Flexarm's TCR held near 0.1 from 2.7 in 2019 to 2.7 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.7 · 2020=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 82% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #83/172
  • PHOTO Advanced Machine and…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Advanced Machine and Tool, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Midwest Specialties Inc/Flexarm in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Midwest Specialties Inc/Flexarm averages 2.7 TCR (82% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Midwest Specialties Inc/Flexarm TCR series: 2019=2.7 · 2020=2.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Midwest Specialties Inc/Flexarm falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 61% 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 #83 safest of 172 Machine shops employers in Ohio.

Midwest Specialties Inc/Flexarm (36 employees, TCR 2.7) 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 Midwest Specialties Inc/Flexarm
Midwest Specialties Inc/Flexarm (36 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Midwest Specialties Inc/Flexarm 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
2020 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2019 2.7 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · OH · Wapakoneta

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 43 employers in Wapakoneta, 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 Advanced Machine and Tool, Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hubbard Tool & Die Corporation 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jemco Components and Fabrication, Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brenk Brothers Inc. 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE STEYER SEEDS LLC 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Biosecurity Building 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE BrennCo Inc 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE EAST CREEK FARM LLC 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3300 301 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3300 253 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pratt (Wapakoneta Corrugating), LLC 182 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wapakoneta 168 FTE
NAT-TCR Vectren Corporation - AB Brown 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Dillon Logistics, Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Uncle G's Management Corp 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Water Gremlin Co. 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE McALLISTER Construction Co., Inc. 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heidolph NA, LLC 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE On Time Logistics, LLC 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alexander City Terminal 36 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: 2020, 2019. 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.