Machine shops · Virginia

Watson Machine Corporation

Powhatan, VA · ~20 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

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

Watson Machine Corporation runs at 100% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade C.

Watson Machine Corporation: 3.3 TCR = 100% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Watson Machine Corporation safety composite

Watson Machine Corporation scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Watson Machine Corporation: 0.0 → 6.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 6.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Watson Machine Corporation's TCR rose 6.0 from 0.0 in 2020 to 6.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Powhatan, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 100% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/13
  • PHOTO Ross Reels
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ross Reels (0.0 TCR gap)

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Watson Machine Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Watson Machine Corporation averages 3.3 TCR (100% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Watson Machine Corporation TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=4.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=5.6 · 2024=6 · BLS 3.3

Where Watson Machine Corporation falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 13 Machine shops employers in Virginia.

Watson Machine Corporation (20 employees, TCR 3.3) 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 Machine Corporation
Watson Machine Corporation (20 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Watson Machine Corporation has fewer 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
2024 6.0 0.0 1 0 0
2023 5.6 5.6 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.9 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · VA · Powhatan

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 25 employers in Powhatan, 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 Ross Reels 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR M-C Fabrication, Inc 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chesapeake Machining & Fabrication, Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Latva Machine 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Richmond Hatchery 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Richmond Growout 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAES : Gordonsville 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gordonsville 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5847 262 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5847 244 FTE
CITY-NEAR Colony Construction Inc 133 FTE
CITY-NEAR Construction 117 FTE
NAT-TCR Medco Fresno 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR The Alverno 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Sumter IGA #650 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Handi Medical Supply 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bend OR FXFE-BND 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vinecroft Retirement Community by Heritage 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Genoa - Public Works Department 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nebraska Harvest Center 20 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, 2020. 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.