Brass goods, plumbers', merchant wholesalers · Montana

Northwest Pipe Fittings, Inc. of Billings, MT

Billings, MT · ~91 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northwest Pipe Fittings, Inc. of Billings, MT runs at 355% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Brass goods, plumbers', merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Northwest Pipe Fittings, Inc. of Billings, MT: 7.8 TCR = 355% of Brass goods, plumbers', merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northwest Pipe Fittings, Inc. of Billings, MT safety composite

Northwest Pipe Fittings, Inc. of Billings, MT scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

Northwest Pipe Fittings, Inc. of Billings, MT: 4.5 → 11.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 11.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.43× in 2024

Northwest Pipe Fittings, Inc. of Billings, MT's TCR rose 6.6 from 4.5 in 2023 to 11.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423720 · Billings, MT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.8 · 355% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #5/7
  • PHOTO The Portland Group M…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Portland Group Manchester (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northwest Pipe Fittings, Inc. of Billings, MT in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northwest Pipe Fittings, Inc. of Billings, MT averages 7.8 TCR (355% of the Brass goods, plumbers', merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Northwest Pipe Fittings, Inc. of Billings, MT TCR series: 2023=4.5 · 2024=11.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Northwest Pipe Fittings, Inc. of Billings, MT falls in its industry

853 Brass goods, plumbers', mercha establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Montana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 7 Brass goods, plumbers', mercha employers in Montana.

Northwest Pipe Fittings, Inc. of Billings, MT (91 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Northwest Pipe Fittings, Inc. of Billings, MT
Northwest Pipe Fittings, Inc. of Billings, MT (91 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Northwest Pipe Fittings, Inc. of Billings, MT has more employees than the Brass goods, plumbers', merchant wholesa median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 11.1 3.3 10 0 0
2023 4.5 4.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423720 · MT · Billings

853 Brass goods, plumbers', merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,536 rated employers in Montana with headcount on file · 327 employers in Billings, 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 The Portland Group Manchester 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Morsco Supply Co. #3008/3999 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jomar Distributors Inc 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Queens 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE 3102 MISSOULA 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kalispell MT 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Executive Cleaning Co. Inc. 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE SODEXO AT CARROLL COLLEGE DINING ROOM 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR Billings Clinic Hospital 2,366 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Vincent Healthcare 1,860 FTE
CITY-NEAR Billings Clinic Downtown Campus 1,223 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. John's Lutheran Ministries 651 FTE
NAT-TCR Auto Parts City Inc 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Food Stores 6093 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR West Side Beer Distributing-Lansing 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Utced - Cedar City 7.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Deflecto Dover Plant 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sherpa Delivery Direct, LLC 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE WVPA Headquarters 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 048 91 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.