Forging machinery and hammers manufacturing · Virginia

American GFM

Chesapeake, VA · ~137 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

American GFM runs at 131% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Forging machinery and hammers manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

American GFM: 4.3 TCR = 131% of Forging machinery and hammers manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American GFM safety composite

American GFM scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

American GFM: 2.5 → 6.6 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 6.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.3× in 2024

American GFM's TCR rose 4.1 from 2.5 in 2016 to 6.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333517 · Chesapeake, VA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 131% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK P38
  • PHOTO D&D Manufacturing
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 50 inj
  • SIZE ~137 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: D&D Manufacturing (0.0 TCR gap)

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American GFM in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows American GFM averages 4.3 TCR (131% of the Forging machinery and hammers manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

American GFM TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=4.8 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=6.8 · 2022=3.5 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=6.6 · BLS 3.3

Where American GFM falls in its industry

391 Forging machinery and hammers establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
American GFM (137 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate American GFM
American GFM (137 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4

American GFM has more employees than the Forging machinery and hammers manufactur median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 6.6 1.3 10 0 0
2023 5.2 2.0 8 0 0
2022 3.5 3.5 5 0 0
2021 6.8 1.7 4 0 0
2020 3.6 1.5 5 0 0
2019 4.8 4.1 7 0 0
2018 4.3 2.9 5 1 0
2017 1.5 1.5 2 0 0
2016 2.5 2.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333517 · VA · Chesapeake

391 Forging machinery and hammers manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 434 employers in Chesapeake, 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 D&D Manufacturing 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR MAE-Eitel, Inc. 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ex-Cell Kaiser, LLC 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Martindale Electric Co. 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE JES Manassas 137 FTE
STATE-SIZE MH Masonry & Associates, Inc. 137 FTE
STATE-SIZE 280 Sandston PC 137 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cives Steel Company, Mid-Atlantic Division 137 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - ORF2 2,432 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chesapeake Regional Medical Center 2,059 FTE
CITY-NEAR QVC Chesapeake, Inc. 1,056 FTE
CITY-NEAR Crossways 931 FTE
NAT-TCR Jack in the Box #7241 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Spring Hill Dc 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Process Machinery Inc. 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0015 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Salco-Lemont 137 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southeast Mechanical Contractors 137 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bethel Home & Services, Inc. 137 FTE
NAT-SIZE Primm Valley Shared Services 137 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, 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.