Chemical processing machinery and equipment manufacturing · Michigan

Powell Fabrication & Mfg. LLC

St. Louis, MI · ~42 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Powell Fabrication & Mfg. LLC runs at 14% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Chemical processing machinery and equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Powell Fabrication & Mfg. LLC: 0.5 TCR = 14% of Chemical processing machinery and equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Powell Fabrication & Mfg. LLC safety composite

Powell Fabrication & Mfg. LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

Powell Fabrication & Mfg. LLC held a steady TCR band

Powell Fabrication & Mfg. LLC's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333249 · St. Louis, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 14% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/42
  • PHOTO MT Systems, Inc.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MT Systems, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Powell Fabrication & Mfg. LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Powell Fabrication & Mfg. LLC averages 0.5 TCR (14% of the Chemical processing machinery and equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Powell Fabrication & Mfg. LLC TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Powell Fabrication & Mfg. LLC falls in its industry

448 Chemical processing machinery establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 42 Chemical processing machinery employers in Michigan.

Powell Fabrication & Mfg. LLC (42 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0200400600800 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Powell Fabrication & Mfg. LLC
Powell Fabrication & Mfg. LLC (42 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Powell Fabrication & Mfg. LLC has fewer employees than the Chemical processing machinery and equipm median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.4 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333249 · MI · St. Louis

448 Chemical processing machinery and equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 12 employers in St. Louis, MI · 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 MT Systems, Inc. 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Diversatech Plastics Group 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cardinal IG - Spring Green AG 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3D Systems - Wilsonville 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE General Meter 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gas Construction Jackson 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pennings & Sons 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE CR Meyer - Muskegon 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Central Michigan Correctional Facility 412 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Louis Correctional Facility 327 FTE
CITY-NEAR Schnepp Senior Care & Rehab Center 146 FTE
CITY-NEAR Plasti-Paint Inc. 103 FTE
NAT-TCR Adrian High School 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR D.E. Rice Construction Company, Inc. 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Location 15012 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR IndoorMedia, Inc. Langham Creek + Park Row 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Precision Homes LLC 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Public Works 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Utility Tri-State, Inc.-North 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aspen Wood Products 42 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.