Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, strip) made from purchased steel · Maine

Smith & Wesson Houlton, ME Site B

Houlton, ME · ~26 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Smith & Wesson Houlton, ME Site B runs at 189% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, strip) made from purchased steel workplace, earning a grade D.

Smith & Wesson Houlton, ME Site B: 6.2 TCR = 189% of Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, strip) made from purchased steel BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smith & Wesson Houlton, ME Site B safety composite

Smith & Wesson Houlton, ME Site B scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

−1.9

2017→2023

Smith & Wesson Houlton, ME Site B injury rate improved

Smith & Wesson Houlton, ME Site B's TCR fell 1.9 from 7.2 in 2017 to 5.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 15.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.2 · 2018=8.8 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=15.2 · 2023=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331221 · Houlton, ME ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 189% of ind

  • DART 5.2 DART
  • RANK P28
  • PHOTO 4504 - Valley Steel …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4504 - Valley Steel Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Smith & Wesson Houlton, ME Site B in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Smith & Wesson Houlton, ME Site B averages 6.2 TCR (189% of the Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, strip) made from purchased steel BLS benchmark).

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

Smith & Wesson Houlton, ME Site B TCR series: 2017=7.2 · 2018=8.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=15.2 · 2023=5.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Smith & Wesson Houlton, ME Site B falls in its industry

206 Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Smith & Wesson Houlton, ME Site B (26 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Smith & Wesson Houlton, ME Site B
Smith & Wesson Houlton, ME Site B (26 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Smith & Wesson Houlton, ME Site B has fewer employees than the Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, pl median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 5.2 5.2 1 0 0
2022 15.2 10.2 3 0 0
2021 4.3 0.0 1 0 0
2020 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 8.8 4.4 1 1 0
2017 7.2 7.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331221 · ME · Houlton

206 Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, strip) made from purchased steel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 25 employers in Houlton, ME · 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 4504 - Valley Steel Plant 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ratner Steel Minnesota 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jemison Metals SMT 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kenwal Steel - TN, LLC 6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Linkletter & Sons Inc. 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE ReGenerate Livermore Falls LLC 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE ReEnergy Stratton LLC 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE CMP - Farmington Service Building 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Madigan Estates 187 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1974 148 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smith & Wesson Houlton, ME Site A 108 FTE
CITY-NEAR 08439 - Store # 8439 Houlton 105 FTE
NAT-TCR Builders Fence Company, Inc. Fontana 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Corporate Group 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Independence Square 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Dothan Dirt Cheap 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Eclipse Advantage - CVSIN - Indianapolis, IN 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arrow Exterminators 1003 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Public Services - Town of Black Mountain 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE AIG Florida 26 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.