Cattle feeding and watering equipment manufacturing · Nebraska
Minden Machine Shop, Inc
Minden, NE · ~55 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Minden Machine Shop, Inc runs at 327% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cattle feeding and watering equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Minden Machine Shop, Inc: 10.8 TCR = 327% of Cattle feeding and watering equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Minden Machine Shop, Inc safety composite
Minden Machine Shop, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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).
23/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.8 per 100 workers
Safer than 13% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 13% 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
Minden Machine Shop, Inc: 13.9 → 18.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 18.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.61× in 2024
Minden Machine Shop, Inc's TCR rose 4.2 from 13.9 in 2016 to 18.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333111 · Minden, NE ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 10.8 · 327% of ind
- DART 6.6 DART
- RANK #23/24
- PHOTO Nelson Mfg. shop
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 51 inj
- SIZE ~55 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Nelson Mfg. shop (0.0 TCR gap)
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Minden Machine Shop, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Minden Machine Shop, Inc
10.8 TCR
- Nelson Mfg. sh
Nelson Mfg. shop
10.8 TCR
- Shamrock Orcha
Shamrock Orchards, LLC
10.7 TCR
- LMC-Ag, LLC
LMC-Ag, LLC
10.7 TCR
- Loftness Speci
Loftness Specialized Farm Equipment, Inc.
10.7 TCR
What this shows Minden Machine Shop, Inc averages 10.8 TCR (327% of the Cattle feeding and watering equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Minden Machine Shop, Inc TCR series: 2016=13.9 · 2017=10.1 · 2018=14.4 · 2019=8.4 · 2020=4.4 · 2021=7.5 · 2022=10.5 · 2023=10 · 2024=18.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Minden Machine Shop, Inc falls in its industry
433 Cattle feeding and watering eq establishmentsSafer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 24 Cattle feeding and watering eq employers in Nebraska.
Minden Machine Shop, Inc has fewer employees than the Cattle feeding and watering equipment ma median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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 | 18.1 | 6.6 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10.0 | 8.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 10.5 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.5 | 5.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 14.4 | 8.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 10.1 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333111 · NE · Minden
433 Cattle feeding and watering equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 7 employers in Minden, NE · 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 | Nelson Mfg. shop | 10.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Shamrock Orchards, LLC | 10.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | LMC-Ag, LLC | 10.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Loftness Specialized Farm Equipment, Inc. | 10.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Wakefield Farms LLP | 55 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | LDC | 55 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Groundworks Omaha | 55 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | IES Commercial, Inc. - Utility Group | 55 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Royal Engineered Composites | 204 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kearney County Health Services | 116 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | KAAPA Ethanol, LLC | 43 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FORT KEARNY CONSOLIDATED | 33 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | IKEA #145 Orlando | 10.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Suburban Steel Supply, Inc. | 10.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Atlanta SE - 20 | 10.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Eagle Crusher Company - Bucyrus | 10.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Champion Feeders | 55 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Yard Truck Specialists | 55 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Empire Truck Sales - Mobile | 55 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kerr Lakeside Inc. | 55 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.