Machine shops · Texas
Starke Machine Company
Fort Worth, TX · ~40 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Starke Machine Company runs at 130% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade D.
Starke Machine Company: 4.3 TCR = 130% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Starke Machine Company safety composite
Starke Machine Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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).
41/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 40% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.87 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% 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
−4.8
2021→2024
Starke Machine Company injury rate improved
Starke Machine Company's TCR fell 4.8 from 6.7 in 2021 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2021=6.7 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=1.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332710 · Fort Worth, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 130% of ind
- DART 1.9 DART
- RANK #77/108
- PHOTO Vico Products, Co.
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~40 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Vico Products, Co. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Starke Machine Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Starke Machine Company
4.3 TCR
- Vico Products,
Vico Products, Co.
4.3 TCR
- Trison Tool an
Trison Tool and Machine, Inc.
4.3 TCR
- Decimal Engine
Decimal Engineering
4.3 TCR
- Astro Machine
Astro Machine Works, Inc.
4.3 TCR
What this shows Starke Machine Company averages 4.3 TCR (130% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).
Starke Machine Company TCR series: 2021=6.7 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Starke Machine Company falls in its industry
1,821 Machine shops establishmentsSafer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #77 safest of 108 Machine shops employers in Texas.
Starke Machine Company has fewer 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 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.7 | 3.4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332710 · TX · Fort Worth
1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 1,346 employers in Fort Worth, TX · 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 | Vico Products, Co. | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trison Tool and Machine, Inc. | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Decimal Engineering | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Astro Machine Works, Inc. | 4.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | RCB Ventures, LLC dba Tri-Tex Grass | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cook Canyon Ranch | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Frontier Feedyard | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kurten Location | 40 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lockheed Martin Corporation US TX Fort Worth Lockheed Blvd (1093) | 16,547 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lockheed Martin Corporation Fort Worth Campus (1093) | 13,805 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cook Children's Medical Center | 4,998 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | TX- Fort Worth | 4,667 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | D&D Commodities Ltd. - Stephen | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Marcy Houses | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Saint Mary's Park | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Saint Nicholas Houses | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Tri-State Asphalt LLC | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cornella Brothers, Inc. | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 104614 - MECT - VMR South Central LRT | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bear Insulation, Inc. | 40 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.