Grinding machines, metalworking, manufacturing · Missouri

US Tool Group Lake Charles NG

Farmington, MO · ~17 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

US Tool Group Lake Charles NG runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grinding machines, metalworking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

US Tool Group Lake Charles NG: 4.2 TCR = 128% of Grinding machines, metalworking, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

US Tool Group Lake Charles NG safety composite

US Tool Group Lake Charles NG scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 40%), 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).

C

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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

−8.4

2019→2024

US Tool Group Lake Charles NG injury rate improved

US Tool Group Lake Charles NG's TCR fell 8.4 from 8.4 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=8.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333517 · Farmington, MO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 128% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/10
  • PHOTO Tubular Steel, Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~17 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tubular Steel, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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US Tool Group Lake Charles NG in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows US Tool Group Lake Charles NG averages 4.2 TCR (128% of the Grinding machines, metalworking, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

US Tool Group Lake Charles NG TCR series: 2019=8.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where US Tool Group Lake Charles NG falls in its industry

391 Grinding machines, metalworkin establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 10 Grinding machines, metalworkin employers in Missouri.

US Tool Group Lake Charles NG (17 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate US Tool Group Lake Charles NG
US Tool Group Lake Charles NG (17 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4

US Tool Group Lake Charles NG has fewer employees than the Grinding machines, metalworking, manufac median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 8.4 4.2 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333517 · MO · Farmington

391 Grinding machines, metalworking, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 59 employers in Farmington, MO · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Tubular Steel, Inc. 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Iten Industries Plant 2 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pittsburgh Precision Turned Products 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Peddinghaus Corporation - Main 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Select Genetics MO Buck Prairie 006-0138-BP 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Atchison-Holt Electric Cooperative 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE ZanneCo, Inc 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sweetens Sealing Services, LLC. 17 FTE
CITY-NEAR Startek - Farmington, MO 612 FTE
CITY-NEAR US Tool Group - Farmington 608 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkland Health Center, Liberty Street 548 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkland Health Center, Liberty St. 538 FTE
NAT-TCR Mt. Hood Hospice 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Rouses Market #79 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1093 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Modern Forge Indiana 4.2 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: 2024, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.