Machine shops · Montana

Midwest Welding and Machine Inc.

Bozeman, MT · ~38 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Midwest Welding and Machine Inc. runs at 243% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade F.

Midwest Welding and Machine Inc.: 8.0 TCR = 243% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Midwest Welding and Machine Inc. safety composite

Midwest Welding and Machine Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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

Midwest Welding and Machine Inc.: 4.5 → 15.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 15.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.77× in 2024

Midwest Welding and Machine Inc.'s TCR rose 11.0 from 4.5 in 2021 to 15.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Bozeman, MT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 243% of ind

  • DART 6.2 DART
  • RANK #4/5
  • PHOTO DEE Inc Machine Shop
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DEE Inc Machine Shop (0.0 TCR gap)

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Midwest Welding and Machine Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Midwest Welding and Machine Inc. averages 8.0 TCR (243% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Midwest Welding and Machine Inc. TCR series: 2021=4.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=12.2 · 2024=15.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Midwest Welding and Machine Inc. falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Montana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Machine shops employers in Montana.

Midwest Welding and Machine Inc. (38 employees, TCR 8.0) 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 Welding and Machine Inc.
Midwest Welding and Machine Inc. (38 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Midwest Welding and Machine Inc. has fewer employees than the Machine shops median and a higher 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 15.5 6.2 5 0 0
2023 12.2 12.2 4 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.5 4.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · MT · Bozeman

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,536 rated employers in Montana with headcount on file · 136 employers in Bozeman, MT · 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 DEE Inc Machine Shop 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pro~Cise Inc 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Scherer Inc. 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR EMT 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Michels Pipeline - Montana 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE TREASURE STATE INC. 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE CENTRAL PLUMBING & HEATING, INC. - Belgrade Mechanical Division 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE 7479 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital 1,739 FTE
CITY-NEAR BZNPW9672 BZN - FRONTIER PAX R 1,543 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2084 359 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2084 325 FTE
NAT-TCR Community Health Network North 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR MOA, M&O, Fleet Mx, Bering St 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Chautauqua Brick Co. Inc. 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pioneer Forge Div. of Powers and Sons, LLC 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Johnstone Supply - FDC 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Johnstone Supply - VDC 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE NorrisBuilt Fabrication & Mobile Welding LLC 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eastwood Machine, LLC 38 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, 2022, 2021. 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.