Platinum refining, primary · Montana

Precious Metals Smelter

Columbus, MT · ~102 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Precious Metals Smelter runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Platinum refining, primary workplace, earning a grade B.

Precious Metals Smelter: 2.4 TCR = 72% of Platinum refining, primary BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Precious Metals Smelter safety composite

Precious Metals Smelter scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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).

C

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

−3.5

2016→2024

Precious Metals Smelter injury rate improved

Precious Metals Smelter's TCR fell 3.5 from 5.6 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.6 · 2019=0.9 · 2020=3.6 · 2022=1.0 · 2023=1.0 · 2024=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331410 · Columbus, MT AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 72% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK P67
  • PHOTO US Magnesium LLC
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~102 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: US Magnesium LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Precious Metals Smelter in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Precious Metals Smelter averages 2.4 TCR (72% of the Platinum refining, primary BLS benchmark).

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

Precious Metals Smelter TCR series: 2016=5.6 · 2019=0.9 · 2020=3.6 · 2022=1 · 2023=1 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Precious Metals Smelter falls in its industry

57 Platinum refining, primary establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Precious Metals Smelter (102 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Precious Metals Smelter
Precious Metals Smelter (102 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Precious Metals Smelter has more employees than the Platinum refining, primary median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 2.1 2.1 2 0 0
2023 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2022 1.0 0.0 1 0 0
2020 3.6 2.7 3 1 0
2019 0.9 0.9 1 0 0
2016 5.6 2.2 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331410 · MT · Columbus

57 Platinum refining, primary employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,536 rated employers in Montana with headcount on file · 8 employers in Columbus, 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 US Magnesium LLC 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR HoneywellPA04 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Florence Recycling Center 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Freeport McMoRan Inc. 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE 3101 BILLINGS 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eagle Cliff Healthcare Community 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Springs at Missoula 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schellinger Construction Co., Inc. 101 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stillwater Billings Clinic 93 FTE
CITY-NEAR Capra Group Montana 81 FTE
CITY-NEAR Beartooth Healthcare Community 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stillwater Mining Company Analytical Labortory 44 FTE
NAT-TCR Arizona Jack in the Box 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hotel Saint Louis 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Commemorative Brands Inc 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Chippewa Falls - Lakeland 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE B27 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Colorado Convention Center 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE 311 - Ashland 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE 213 - Spartanburg 102 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, 2020, 2019, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.