Machine shops · Iowa

Mill Creek Machining

Paullina, IA · ~57 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mill Creek Machining runs at 386% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade F.

Mill Creek Machining: 12.8 TCR = 386% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mill Creek Machining safety composite

Mill Creek Machining scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% 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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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%).

TCR Δ

−13.2

2019→2024

Mill Creek Machining injury rate improved

Mill Creek Machining's TCR fell 13.2 from 21.4 in 2019 to 8.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 21.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=21.4 · 2022=9.7 · 2023=11.6 · 2024=8.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Paullina, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.8 · 386% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #27/30
  • PHOTO SP Foundry Machine S…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SP Foundry Machine Shop (0.1 TCR gap)

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Mill Creek Machining in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mill Creek Machining averages 12.8 TCR (386% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Mill Creek Machining TCR series: 2019=21.4 · 2022=9.7 · 2023=11.6 · 2024=8.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Mill Creek Machining falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 30 Machine shops employers in Iowa.

Mill Creek Machining (57 employees, TCR 12.8) 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 Mill Creek Machining
Mill Creek Machining (57 employees, TCR 12.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Mill Creek Machining has more 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 8.3 3.3 5 0 0
2023 11.6 2.3 5 0 0
2022 9.7 3.9 5 0 0
2019 21.4 9.5 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · IA · Paullina

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 3 employers in Paullina, IA · 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 SP Foundry Machine Shop 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northland Machine Inc 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lawruk Machine and Tool Co 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wilson Works Inc 12.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Winfield United - Vincent 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Henning Companies, LLC 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Black Hawk Roof Company 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Guthrie Center Breaker Plant 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR Paullina 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR First Cooperative Association Paullina 24 FTE
NAT-TCR 343008-St. Louis | MO | 343008 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR deLacey Family Education Center 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR The Harbor at Douglasville 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR LEROY 12.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE 01 - Towne Market 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Moba Americas Inc 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE BSV Farms 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hollywood Crawford Door Co. 57 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, 2019. 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.