Industrial engineering services · Indiana
Ahaus Tool & Engineering
Richmond, IN · ~96 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 3.9
- Avg TCR
- 0.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ahaus Tool & Engineering runs at 770% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Industrial engineering services workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 3.9
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 0.5
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 18
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Ahaus Tool & Engineering's OSHA Total Case Rate of 3.9 to the Industrial engineering services BLS benchmark of 0.5 (770% of benchmark) across 5 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Ahaus Tool & Engineering's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 0.5 industry benchmark.
Where Ahaus Tool & Engineering falls in its industry
1,106 Industrial engineering service establishmentsSafer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.3.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 30 Industrial engineering service employers in Indiana.
Trend analysis for Ahaus Tool & Engineering
Between 2017 and 2024, Ahaus Tool & Engineering's Total Case Rate improved from 5.1 to 2.9 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 43% decrease across 7 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2022, at a TCR of 2.9, while 2017 saw the highest rate, at 5.1, a spread of 2.2 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 5 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 5 reporting years, Ahaus Tool & Engineering recorded 18 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 5-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 18 injuries, 2 illnesses shown on this page for Ahaus Tool & Engineering are sourced from its own 5 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 541330 - Industrial engineering services.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
3 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 203,763 hours worked = 2.94 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Ahaus Tool & Engineering (this establishment) | 3.85 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 5-year avg |
| Engineering services industry avg | 0.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 541330 |
| Indiana state avg (all industries) | 4.53 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Ahaus Tool & Engineering to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 5 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 5 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Ahaus Tool & Engineering's reported OSHA injury record versus its Industrial engineering services peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 770% of the Industrial engineering services benchmark, Ahaus Tool & Engineering reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Industrial engineering services sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.