Machine shops · Ohio

The Western States Machine Company

Fairfield, OH · ~65 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Western States Machine Company runs at 109% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade C.

The Western States Machine Company: 3.6 TCR = 109% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Western States Machine Company safety composite

The Western States Machine Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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).

D

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

−3.2

2017→2023

The Western States Machine Company injury rate improved

The Western States Machine Company's TCR fell 3.2 from 4.6 in 2017 to 1.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.6 · 2018=4.9 · 2020=4.3 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Fairfield, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 109% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #108/172
  • PHOTO Scot Industries - Pe…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Scot Industries - Pewaukee (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Western States Machine Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Western States Machine Company averages 3.6 TCR (109% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

The Western States Machine Company TCR series: 2017=4.6 · 2018=4.9 · 2020=4.3 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where The Western States Machine Company falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #108 safest of 172 Machine shops employers in Ohio.

The Western States Machine Company (65 employees, TCR 3.6) 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 The Western States Machine Company
The Western States Machine Company (65 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

The Western States Machine Company 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
2023 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2022 2.8 2.8 2 0 0
2020 4.3 4.3 3 0 0
2018 4.9 3.3 3 0 0
2017 4.6 1.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · OH · Fairfield

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 148 employers in Fairfield, OH · 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 Scot Industries - Pewaukee 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cobalt Enterprises LLC 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR B-Tec Solutions, Inc 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lincoln Machine INC 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Steubenville Svc Bldg 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lima Svc Ctr 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Athens Office/Service Center 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Douglas Company, (Inc.) 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Fairfield Hospital 1,575 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fairfield Hospital 1,513 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Hospital Fairfield 1,494 FTE
CITY-NEAR Koch Foods 1,275 FTE
NAT-TCR Twin Lake Trucking, Ltd 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR branch 2 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Brooklyn Regional Office 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Lowrie Place 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Miami 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE branch 1 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Keller Construction, Inc. 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clarkfield Care Center 65 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, 2020, 2018, 2017. 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.