Tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing · Indiana

Steel Tank and Fabricating Corporation

Name: Steel Tank and Fabricating Corporation Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Columbia City, IN · ~19 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

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

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The verdict

Steel Tank and Fabricating Corporation runs at 173% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Steel Tank and Fabricating Corporation: 5.7 TCR = 173% of Tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Steel Tank and Fabricating Corporation safety composite

Steel Tank and Fabricating Corporation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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).

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Steel Tank and Fabricating Corporation: 5.0 → 12.1 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 12.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.71× in 2019

Steel Tank and Fabricating Corporation's TCR rose 7.0 from 5.0 in 2017 to 12.1 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332420 · Columbia City, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 173% of ind

DART 4.0 DART
RANK #8/17
PHOTO Feldmeier Equipment …
BOOK 3y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Feldmeier Equipment Iowa (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Steel Tank and Fabricating Corporation averages 5.7 TCR (173% of the Tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Steel Tank and Fabricating Corporation TCR series: 2017=5 · 2018=0 · 2019=12.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Steel Tank and Fabricating Corporation falls in its industry

355 Tanks, heavy gauge metal, manu establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 17 Tanks, heavy gauge metal, manu employers in Indiana.

Steel Tank and Fabricating Corporation (19 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Steel Tank and Fabricating Corporation has fewer employees than the Tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing median and a higher 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
2019	12.1	4.0	3
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	5.0	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332420 · IN · Columbia City

355 Tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 67 employers in Columbia City, IN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Feldmeier Equipment Iowa	SHELL ROCK, IA	5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dragon Products Los Fresnos	LOS FRESNOS, TX	5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Eaton Sales and Service	DENVER, CO	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SPVG Tomahawk	TOMAHAWK, WI	5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	AMVC Round Barn	ROCHESTER	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Vectren Corporation - Turbine Maintenance	EVANSVILLE	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CenterPoint Energy - All LP Storage	MULTIPLE	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CenterPoint Energy - Greenfield	GREENFIELD	19 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Structural and Rail	Columbia City	944 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Steel Dynamics Structural & Rail Division	Columbia City	802 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lear Corporation - Columbia City	Columbia City	529 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Undersea Sensor Systems Inc	Columbia City	527 FTE
NAT-TCR	Paper Mart	Orange, CA	5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Oklahoma City - 650	Oklahoma City, OK	5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ocy - Nb Starr	New Bedford, MA	5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Keith Brown Drywall, Inc.	Wheatland, CA	5.7 TCR

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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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