Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Indiana

Stephens Machine, Inc

Kokomo, IN · ~32 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Stephens Machine, Inc runs at 314% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Stephens Machine, Inc: 10.3 TCR = 314% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Stephens Machine, Inc safety composite

Stephens Machine, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

−3.6

2019→2024

Stephens Machine, Inc injury rate improved

Stephens Machine, Inc's TCR fell 3.6 from 9.6 in 2019 to 6.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 20.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=9.6 · 2020=19.8 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=20.3 · 2024=6.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Kokomo, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.3 · 314% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #46/53
  • PHOTO Modern Welding Compa…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Modern Welding Company of Kentucky, Inc. (Elizabethtown) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Stephens Machine, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Stephens Machine, Inc averages 10.3 TCR (314% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Stephens Machine, Inc TCR series: 2019=9.6 · 2020=19.8 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=20.3 · 2024=6 · BLS 3.3

Where Stephens Machine, Inc falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #46 safest of 53 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Indiana.

Stephens Machine, Inc (32 employees, TCR 10.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Stephens Machine, Inc
Stephens Machine, Inc (32 employees, TCR 10.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Stephens Machine, Inc has fewer employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 6.0 3.0 2 0 0
2023 20.3 5.1 8 0 0
2022 3.1 0.0 1 0 0
2021 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2020 19.8 4.4 9 0 0
2019 9.6 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · IN · Kokomo

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 145 employers in Kokomo, 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 Modern Welding Company of Kentucky, Inc. (Elizabethtown) 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR MK Custom Shop 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR KASCO STRUCTURES LLC 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Highway (A Simplex Company) 10.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE R. Gallagher Generating Station 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aurora 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jasper County REMC Headquarters 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Indiana American Water-Northwest District Borman Park Water Treatment Plant 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kokomo Transmission Plant 3,289 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fiat Chrysler Automobiles- Indiana Transmission Plant 1 1,590 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indiana Transmission Plant 1 1,545 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kokomo Casting Plant 1,267 FTE
NAT-TCR Social Vocational Services 265 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Varsity Plumbing and Heating, Inc. 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 0195 - Long Beach Bellflower 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR New River Building Supply Boone 10.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE United Apollo Petroleum Transportation Corp 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE CSH Linden Site 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parkland Light & Water 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Insituform Technologies USA LLC - Bridgeton 32 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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