Machine shops · Texas

Watson Grinding

Houston, TX · ~103 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Watson Grinding runs at 68% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade B.

Watson Grinding: 2.2 TCR = 68% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Watson Grinding safety composite

Watson Grinding scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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 2.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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%).

Watson Grinding held a steady TCR band

Watson Grinding's TCR held near 0.3 from 2.1 in 2016 to 2.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 1.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.1 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 68% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #54/108
  • PHOTO Broda Machine Co., I…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~103 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Broda Machine Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Watson Grinding in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Watson Grinding averages 2.2 TCR (68% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Watson Grinding TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=2.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Watson Grinding falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #54 safest of 108 Machine shops employers in Texas.

Watson Grinding (103 employees, TCR 2.2) 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 Watson Grinding
Watson Grinding (103 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Watson Grinding has more employees than the Machine shops median and a lower 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 2.4 2.4 3 0 0
2018 1.6 1.6 2 0 0
2017 2.8 0.0 3 0 0
2016 2.1 2.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · TX · Houston

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, TX · 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 Broda Machine Co., Inc. 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Famco Enterprises 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR A&A Machine & Fabrication, LLC 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Industrial Tectonics Bearings 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dairy Fountain 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE TEXAS PRODUCERS COOP AMHERST 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAM-USA 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aadvantage Panels & Fence, Inc DBA MyTCoat 103 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH IAH 11,560 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-IAH 9,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center 8,873 FTE
NAT-TCR Star Transportation, Inc. 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Kalman Floor Company 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Michael Foods/Papettis - North Ave 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Roof Construction 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ardagh Metal Beverage-Bishopville 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6962-Abs 0028 1360 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6962-Abs 0028 0728 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fredericksburg Plant 103 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, 2017, 2016. 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.