Machine shops · Missouri

South Side Machine Works, Inc.

St. Louis, MO · ~71 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

South Side Machine Works, Inc. runs at 227% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade F.

South Side Machine Works, Inc.: 7.5 TCR = 227% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

South Side Machine Works, Inc. safety composite

South Side Machine Works, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 0% 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

−3.6

2017→2024

South Side Machine Works, Inc. injury rate improved

South Side Machine Works, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.6 from 9.5 in 2017 to 5.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 14.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.5 · 2018=10.4 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=7.3 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=14.7 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=5.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · St. Louis, MO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.5 · 227% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #29/33
  • PHOTO Magnus Precision Man…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 50 inj
  • SIZE ~71 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Magnus Precision Manufacturing, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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South Side Machine Works, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows South Side Machine Works, Inc. averages 7.5 TCR (227% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

South Side Machine Works, Inc. TCR series: 2017=9.5 · 2018=10.4 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=7.3 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=14.7 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=5.9 · BLS 3.3

Where South Side Machine Works, Inc. falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 33 Machine shops employers in Missouri.

South Side Machine Works, Inc. (71 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate South Side Machine Works, Inc.
South Side Machine Works, Inc. (71 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

South Side Machine Works, Inc. has more employees than the Machine shops median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 5.9 0.0 5 0 0
2023 5.9 2.4 5 0 0
2022 14.7 2.4 12 0 1
2021 3.8 0.0 3 0 0
2020 7.3 0.0 6 0 0
2019 2.3 0.0 2 0 0
2018 10.4 2.3 9 0 0
2017 9.5 4.8 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · MO · St. Louis

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 686 employers in St. Louis, MO · 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 Magnus Precision Manufacturing, Inc 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Diesel Tri-State Machine 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR MDL Manufacturing Industries, Inc 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metamora Industries 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lincoln County Egg Farm 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Matthews, MO 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE KCP&L - St. Joseph Service Center 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE FFCS Field 71 FTE
CITY-NEAR Monsanto - St. Louis 6,028 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Anthony's Medical Center 3,706 FTE
CITY-NEAR ABI Corporation 2,720 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Louis University Hospital 2,084 FTE
NAT-TCR Argo Industries Inc 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Janesville, WI 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR PP1 - Dayton 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Rouses Market #17 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Franklin Ohio 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE 156-Philadelphia Marriott West 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trenton Corporation 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mission Linen Supply Grand Prairie Texas 71 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.