Knives (e.g., hunting, pocket, table nonprecious, table precious plated) manufacturing · Oregon

Benchmade Knife Company

Name: Benchmade Knife Company Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Oregon City, OR · ~358 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Benchmade Knife Company runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Knives (e.g., hunting, pocket, table nonprecious, table precious plated) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Benchmade Knife Company: 2.3 TCR = 70% of Knives (e.g., hunting, pocket, table nonprecious, table precious plated) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Benchmade Knife Company safety composite

Benchmade Knife Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% 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).

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.6

2017→2024

Benchmade Knife Company injury rate improved

Benchmade Knife Company's TCR fell 1.6 from 3.3 in 2017 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.3 · 2018=2.0 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332215 · Oregon City, OR AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 70% of ind

DART 1.4 DART
RANK P79
PHOTO Select Industries 6…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 23 inj
SIZE ~358 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Select Industries 60 Heid Ave (0.0 TCR gap)

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W.R.CASE & SON

2.9
Select Industr

2.7
This site

2.3
Select Industr

2.3
RANDALLMADE KN

2.1

What this shows Benchmade Knife Company averages 2.3 TCR (70% of the Knives (e.g., hunting, pocket, table nonprecious, table precious plated) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Benchmade Knife Company TCR series: 2017=3.3 · 2018=2 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Benchmade Knife Company falls in its industry

52 Knives (e.g., hunting, pocket, establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Benchmade Knife Company (358 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.4

Benchmade Knife Company has more employees than the Knives (e.g., hunting, pocket, table non median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.4. 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	1.6	1.4	6
2018	2.0	1.4	7
2017	3.3	1.3	10

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332215 · OR · Oregon City

52 Knives (e.g., hunting, pocket, table nonprecious, table precious plated) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 64 employers in Oregon City, OR · 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	Select Industries 60 Heid Ave	DAYTON, OH	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	RANDALLMADE KNIVES	ORLANDO, FL	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Select Industries Corp.	DAYTON, OH	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	W.R.CASE & SONS CUTLERY COMPANY	BRADFORD, PA	2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Cardinal IG - Hood River IG	HOOD RIVER	358 FTE
STATE-SIZE	OEG, Inc. - West	HILLSBORO	359 FTE
STATE-SIZE	A-Core of Oregon	BEND	357 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Don Pancho Authentic Mexican Foods	SALEM	359 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Clackamas County	Oregon City	2,454 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Clackamas Community College	Oregon City	840 FTE
CITY-NEAR	OR278 PROVIDENCE WILLAMETTE FALLS MEDICAL CTR	Oregon City	752 FTE
CITY-NEAR	701-00242	Oregon City	384 FTE
NAT-TCR	J.C. Cannistraro Llc	Waltham, MA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Orlando 55	Orlando, FL	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Oakland Ca - 380	San Leandro, CA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	O&M Multi-Trade Inc	Jessup, PA	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Lasko Products LLC	Fort Worth, TX	358 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Memphis Manufacturing Facility	Memphis, TN	358 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Crestone Services Group,LLC	Denver, CO	358 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Smucker's Pet Food and Pet Snacks	Topeka, KS	358 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, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.