Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Indiana

Poseidon Barge - Berne

Berne, IN · ~86 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Poseidon Barge - Berne runs at 336% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Poseidon Barge - Berne: 11.1 TCR = 336% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Poseidon Barge - Berne safety composite

Poseidon Barge - Berne scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.8

2016→2024

Poseidon Barge - Berne injury rate improved

Poseidon Barge - Berne's TCR fell 0.8 from 8.8 in 2016 to 8.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 17.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.8 · 2017=17.0 · 2018=15.2 · 2019=13.3 · 2020=8.3 · 2021=12.6 · 2022=9.5 · 2023=7.1 · 2024=8.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Berne, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.1 · 336% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #48/53
  • PHOTO Gerdau - Raleigh RS
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 79 inj
  • SIZE ~86 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gerdau - Raleigh RS (0.0 TCR gap)

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Poseidon Barge - Berne in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Poseidon Barge - Berne averages 11.1 TCR (336% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Poseidon Barge - Berne TCR series: 2016=8.8 · 2017=17 · 2018=15.2 · 2019=13.3 · 2020=8.3 · 2021=12.6 · 2022=9.5 · 2023=7.1 · 2024=8.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Poseidon Barge - Berne falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 53 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Indiana.

Poseidon Barge - Berne (86 employees, TCR 11.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Poseidon Barge - Berne
Poseidon Barge - Berne (86 employees, TCR 11.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Poseidon Barge - Berne has more employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 8.1 4.0 8 0 0
2023 7.1 5.3 6 2 0
2022 9.5 8.0 12 0 0
2021 12.6 9.6 17 0 0
2020 8.3 5.5 9 0 0
2019 13.3 11.0 10 2 0
2018 15.2 11.8 9 0 0
2017 17.0 11.3 6 0 0
2016 8.8 4.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · IN · Berne

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 10 employers in Berne, IN · 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 Gerdau - Raleigh RS 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Manufacturing 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Swanton Welding & Machining / Heavy Fab 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Liberty Steel Fabrication 11.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Service Bird Crew / E-Crew 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Service / Bird Crew 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Preferred, Inc. - Fort Wayne 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Indy One Hour Heating and Air Conditioning 86 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smith Brothers of Berne 527 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swiss Village Retirement Community 302 FTE
CITY-NEAR EP Graphics 137 FTE
CITY-NEAR Micromatic LLC 86 FTE
NAT-TCR Goschie Farms 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Lodi Farming, Inc. 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Larder Baking Company 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Christopher Heights of Belchertown 11.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rite-Way Plumbing & Heating Inc 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store #1 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Horizontal Boring & Tunneling Co. 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mike Savoie Chevrolet 86 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.