Welding, on site, contractors · Georgia

Washington County Machine Shop

Sandersville, GA · ~74 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Washington County Machine Shop runs at 154% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Welding, on site, contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Washington County Machine Shop: 4.3 TCR = 154% of Welding, on site, contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Washington County Machine Shop safety composite

Washington County Machine Shop scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% 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).

D

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.91 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

−1.0

2018→2019

Washington County Machine Shop injury rate improved

Washington County Machine Shop's TCR fell 1.0 from 4.8 in 2018 to 3.8 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.8 · 2019=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238190 · Sandersville, GA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 154% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #6/8
  • PHOTO ORION ORNAMENTAL IRON
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ORION ORNAMENTAL IRON (0.0 TCR gap)

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Washington County Machine Shop in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Washington County Machine Shop averages 4.3 TCR (154% of the Welding, on site, contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Washington County Machine Shop TCR series: 2018=4.8 · 2019=3.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Washington County Machine Shop falls in its industry

166 Welding, on site, contractors establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 8 Welding, on site, contractors employers in Georgia.

Washington County Machine Shop (74 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Washington County Machine Shop
Washington County Machine Shop (74 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Washington County Machine Shop has more employees than the Welding, on site, contractors 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
2019 3.8 1.9 2 0 0
2018 4.8 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238190 · GA · Sandersville

166 Welding, on site, contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 26 employers in Sandersville, GA · 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 ORION ORNAMENTAL IRON 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wanner Metal Worx 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR CECO Concrete : Cincinnati 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Webcor Craft L.P 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Alma IQF Facility 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Unlimited Contract Services - Guthrie, KY 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farm Hands Leasing 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pinkerton & Laws 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR Howard Sheppard LLC 543 FTE
CITY-NEAR Howard Sheppard - Sandersville 356 FTE
CITY-NEAR Washington County Regional Medical Center 297 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trojan Battery Company Sandersville 221 FTE
NAT-TCR Amesbury Group Plastic Profiles Inc 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0029 2110 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0019 1951 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Northview Middle School 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4113-41131003-R21-5 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chillum Station 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Laurelwood 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Keys Innovative Solutions 74 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: 2019, 2018. 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.