Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing · Ohio

B-K Tool and Design, Inc.

Name: B-K Tool and Design, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Kalida, OH · ~141 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

B-K Tool and Design, Inc. runs at 40% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

B-K Tool and Design, Inc.: 1.3 TCR = 40% of Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

B-K Tool and Design, Inc. safety composite

B-K Tool and Design, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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).

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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%).

Rising injury rate

B-K Tool and Design, Inc.: 0.8 → 2.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.57× in 2024

B-K Tool and Design, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.4 from 0.8 in 2022 to 2.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333514 · Kalida, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 40% of ind

DART 0.8 DART
RANK #12/39
PHOTO GGB, LLC
BOOK 3y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~141 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GGB, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows B-K Tool and Design, Inc. averages 1.3 TCR (40% of the Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

B-K Tool and Design, Inc. TCR series: 2022=0.8 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where B-K Tool and Design, Inc. falls in its industry

387 Cutting dies, metalworking, ma establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 39 Cutting dies, metalworking, ma employers in Ohio.

B-K Tool and Design, Inc. (141 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4

B-K Tool and Design, Inc. has more employees than the Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturin median and a lower 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
2024	2.3	0.8	3
2023	0.8	0.0	1
2022	0.8	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333514 · OH · Kalida

387 Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 7 employers in Kalida, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	GGB, LLC	THOROFARE, NJ	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MGS Mfg. Group, Inc. - Tooling	GERMANTOWN, WI	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Integrated Die Manufacturing (IDM)	PAINTED POST, NY	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Praet Tool & Engineering	MACOMB, MI	1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Corporate Office	CINCINNATI	141 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Delaware Container	DELAWARE	141 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Franklin	FRANKLIN	141 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Novagard Solutions LLC	CLEVELAND	141 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kalida Manufacturing Inc.	Kalida	410 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Unverferth Manufacturing- Kalida Division	Kalida	345 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BK Tool & Design, Inc.	Kalida	120 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The Meadows of Kalida	Kalida	111 FTE
NAT-TCR	Tuftco Corp	Chattanooga, TN	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	South Pointe Rehabilitation & Care Center	Oklahoma City, OK	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Pedowitz Machinery Movers of Florida	Pompano Beach, FL	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	ORBIS RPM Pendergrass	Pendergrass, GA	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center-Klein	West Burlington, IA	141 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Walter B. Jones Center	Greenville, NC	141 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Parks & Recreation	Kannapolis, NC	141 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dedicated Logistics, LLC -10	Hudson, WI	141 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. 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.