Metal Tank Heavy Gauge Manufacturing · Indiana

Wabash Lafayette Process Systems

Lafayette, IN · ~45 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

Wabash Lafayette Process Systems runs at 382% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal Tank Heavy Gauge Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Wabash Lafayette Process Systems: 12.6 TCR = 382% of Metal Tank Heavy Gauge Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wabash Lafayette Process Systems safety composite

Wabash Lafayette Process Systems scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

−19.1

2021→2024

Wabash Lafayette Process Systems injury rate improved

Wabash Lafayette Process Systems's TCR fell 19.1 from 25.9 in 2021 to 6.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 25.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=25.9 · 2022=15.6 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=6.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332420 · Lafayette, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.6 · 382% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #15/17
  • PHOTO Manchester Tank & Eq…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Manchester Tank & Equipment (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Indiana employers → · Look up another →

Wabash Lafayette Process Systems in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wabash Lafayette Process Systems averages 12.6 TCR (382% of the Metal Tank Heavy Gauge Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Wabash Lafayette Process Systems TCR series: 2021=25.9 · 2022=15.6 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=6.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Wabash Lafayette Process Systems falls in its industry

355 Metal Tank Heavy Gauge Manufac establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 17 Metal Tank Heavy Gauge Manufac employers in Indiana.

Wabash Lafayette Process Systems (45 employees, TCR 12.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Wabash Lafayette Process Systems
Wabash Lafayette Process Systems (45 employees, TCR 12.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Wabash Lafayette Process Systems has fewer employees than the Metal Tank Heavy Gauge 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 6.8 4.5 3 0 0
2023 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2022 15.6 8.9 7 0 0
2021 25.9 8.6 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332420 · IN · Lafayette

355 Metal Tank Heavy Gauge Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 205 employers in Lafayette, 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 Manchester Tank & Equipment 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mid-State Tank Co., Inc. - Plant 3 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR MPV Morganton Pressure Vessel North Carolina LLC 12.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bird Equipment LLC of Ohio 12.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE J Star Farms LLC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Windfall, IN 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Oil Field Services LLC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Patoka Lake Regional Water & Sewer District 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. 6,222 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lafayette Operations 3,025 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wabash Lafayette North 2,452 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arnett Hospital 2,070 FTE
NAT-TCR SAEC Electric, LLC 12.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Westhill Newnan Crossing 12.6 TCR
NAT-TCR AAA Club Alliance Perrysburg OH Fleet 12.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Buncombe County-Emergency Services 12.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE J.R. Barto Heating / Air-Conditioning / Sheet Metal, Inc. 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilltop Lumber Ottertail 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE El Paso Prepared Foods, LLC 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hydro Honing Laboratories 45 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.