Bag opening, filling, and closing machines manufacturing · Louisiana

Ouachita Machine Works Inc.

Name: Ouachita Machine Works Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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West Monroe, LA · ~29 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ouachita Machine Works Inc. runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Bag opening, filling, and closing machines manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Ouachita Machine Works Inc.: 1.8 TCR = 54% of Bag opening, filling, and closing machines manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ouachita Machine Works Inc. safety composite

Ouachita Machine Works Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

Ouachita Machine Works Inc.: 0.0 → 3.6 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2023

Ouachita Machine Works Inc.'s TCR rose 3.6 from 0.0 in 2022 to 3.6 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333993 · West Monroe, LA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 54% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK P67
PHOTO Groninger USA
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Groninger USA (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.8

What this shows Ouachita Machine Works Inc. averages 1.8 TCR (54% of the Bag opening, filling, and closing machines manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Ouachita Machine Works Inc. TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=3.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Ouachita Machine Works Inc. falls in its industry

269 Bag opening, filling, and clos establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Ouachita Machine Works Inc. (29 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Ouachita Machine Works Inc. has fewer employees than the Bag opening, filling, and closing machin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2023	3.6	0.0	1	0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333993 · LA · West Monroe

269 Bag opening, filling, and closing machines manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 78 employers in West Monroe, LA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Groninger USA	CHARLOTTE, NC	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	KHS USA - Waukesha	WAUKESHA, WI	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PPi Technologies group	SARASOTA, FL	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Micron PharmaWorks LLC	ODESSA, FL	1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Walsh Timber Company	ZWOLLE	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mansfield	MANSFIELD	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MI Swaco	BROUSSARD	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Claiborne Electric Cooperative, Inc. District Office	FARMERVILLE	29 FTE
CITY-NEAR	West Monroe LA (Mill)	West Monroe	864 FTE
CITY-NEAR	West Monroe LA Mill	West Monroe	701 FTE
CITY-NEAR	307	West Monroe	380 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 307	West Monroe	352 FTE
NAT-TCR	CTI-SF	South San Francisco, CA	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Market Basket #47	Rindge, NH	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	PEP : DYN - Washington	Washington, PA	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	2075 John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art	Sarasota, FL	1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Hillsboro Ready Mix	Hillsboro, OR	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fairchild Brothers, Inc.	Winfield, PA	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mueller Excavating, Inc.	Campbellsport, WI	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	RainMaster Lawn System	Eau Claire, WI	29 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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