Industrial pattern manufacturing · Virginia

TST Fab and Machine, LLC

Norfolk, VA · ~50 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

TST Fab and Machine, LLC runs at 119% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Industrial pattern manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

TST Fab and Machine, LLC: 3.9 TCR = 119% of Industrial pattern manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

TST Fab and Machine, LLC safety composite

TST Fab and Machine, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

−7.0

2021→2023

TST Fab and Machine, LLC injury rate improved

TST Fab and Machine, LLC's TCR fell 7.0 from 9.4 in 2021 to 2.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 9.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=9.4 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332999 · Norfolk, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 119% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #2/9
  • PHOTO DJS MANUFACTURING, I…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DJS MANUFACTURING, INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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TST Fab and Machine, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows TST Fab and Machine, LLC averages 3.9 TCR (119% of the Industrial pattern manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

TST Fab and Machine, LLC TCR series: 2021=9.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=2.4 · BLS 3.3

Where TST Fab and Machine, LLC falls in its industry

827 Industrial pattern manufacturi establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 9 Industrial pattern manufacturi employers in Virginia.

TST Fab and Machine, LLC (50 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate TST Fab and Machine, LLC
TST Fab and Machine, LLC (50 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5

TST Fab and Machine, LLC has fewer employees than the Industrial pattern manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 9.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332999 · VA · Norfolk

827 Industrial pattern manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 473 employers in Norfolk, VA · 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 DJS MANUFACTURING, INC. 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR WESTFALIA INC. 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gamber-Johnson LLC 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plant 4 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bloomaker USA 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Live Turkey - Dayton VA Hatchery 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chase City 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Glade Spring Service Center 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sentara Norfolk General Hospital 4,863 FTE
CITY-NEAR Childrens Hospital of The Kings Dau 3,707 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Atlantic Group dba DZ Atlantic 3,248 FTE
CITY-NEAR Norfolk State University 2,981 FTE
NAT-TCR MT Builders 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Bryan Manor 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Rosewood Adult Residential Services 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR TASUS Texas Corp. 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE North Block Hotel & Restaurant 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Newport Harbor Hotel & Marina 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Friona Cattle Feeders North #2 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Twin Cities - Baldwin Supply 50 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, 2021. 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.