Pipe fabricating (i.e., bending, cutting, threading) made from purchased metal pipe · Indiana

Russell's Tube Forming, Inc.

Indianapolis, IN · ~24 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Russell's Tube Forming, Inc. runs at 173% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pipe fabricating (i.e., bending, cutting, threading) made from purchased metal pipe workplace, earning a grade D.

Russell's Tube Forming, Inc.: 5.7 TCR = 173% of Pipe fabricating (i.e., bending, cutting, threading) made from purchased metal pipe BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Russell's Tube Forming, Inc. safety composite

Russell's Tube Forming, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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%).

TCR Δ

−8.9

2018→2021

Russell's Tube Forming, Inc. injury rate improved

Russell's Tube Forming, Inc.'s TCR fell 8.9 from 8.9 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=8.9 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=9.7 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332996 · Indianapolis, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 173% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #16/22
  • PHOTO Bedford
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bedford (0.0 TCR gap)

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Russell's Tube Forming, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Russell's Tube Forming, Inc. averages 5.7 TCR (173% of the Pipe fabricating (i.e., bending, cutting, threading) made from purchased metal pipe BLS benchmark).

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

Russell's Tube Forming, Inc. TCR series: 2018=8.9 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=9.7 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Russell's Tube Forming, Inc. falls in its industry

337 Pipe fabricating (i.e., bendin establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 22 Pipe fabricating (i.e., bendin employers in Indiana.

Russell's Tube Forming, Inc. (24 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Russell's Tube Forming, Inc.
Russell's Tube Forming, Inc. (24 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Russell's Tube Forming, Inc. has fewer employees than the Pipe fabricating (i.e., bending, cutting 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 9.7 4.8 2 0 0
2019 4.2 4.2 1 0 0
2018 8.9 8.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332996 · IN · Indianapolis

337 Pipe fabricating (i.e., bending, cutting, threading) made from purchased metal pipe employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 2,074 employers in Indianapolis, 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 Bedford 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bergen Pipe Supports 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Viega LLC - Kansas 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dublin 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Midwest Poultry Services - Corporate Office 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwest Pullet Farm / QC / Lab 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE 327-NiSource-West Terre Haute IN 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bedford Operations Center 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indiana University Health, Inc 7,874 FTE
CITY-NEAR Methodist Hospital 6,862 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eli Lilly - Lilly Corp Center 6,482 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lilly Technology Center 6,472 FTE
NAT-TCR Dale Construction Company, Inc. 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Parks and Recreation 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Sutter Medical Foundation (185-490) 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR AH4R - Cincinnati 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Staybridge Suites Atlanta/Buckhead 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pacific Shellfish Grays Harbor LLC 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fresno Hatchey 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Staples Pewaukee SDO 24 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.