Forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished · California

Berkeley Forge

Berkeley, CA · ~44 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Berkeley Forge runs at 363% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished workplace, earning a grade F.

Berkeley Forge: 12.0 TCR = 363% of Forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Berkeley Forge safety composite

Berkeley Forge scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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).

F

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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%).

TCR Δ

−9.2

2021→2023

Berkeley Forge injury rate improved

Berkeley Forge's TCR fell 9.2 from 18.6 in 2021 to 9.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 18.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=18.6 · 2022=8.1 · 2023=9.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332111 · Berkeley, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.0 · 363% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #12/15
  • PHOTO Schaefer Tool and Ma…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Schaefer Tool and Manufacturing Co. Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Berkeley Forge in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Berkeley Forge averages 12.0 TCR (363% of the Forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS benchmark).

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

Berkeley Forge TCR series: 2021=18.6 · 2022=8.1 · 2023=9.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Berkeley Forge falls in its industry

241 Forgings made from purchased i establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 15 Forgings made from purchased i employers in California.

Berkeley Forge (44 employees, TCR 12.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.0 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Berkeley Forge
Berkeley Forge (44 employees, TCR 12.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.0

Berkeley Forge has fewer employees than the Forgings made from purchased iron or ste median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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
2023 9.3 4.7 1 1 0
2022 8.1 8.1 3 0 0
2021 18.6 11.4 8 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332111 · CA · Berkeley

241 Forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 120 employers in Berkeley, CA · 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 Schaefer Tool and Manufacturing Co. Inc. 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Presrite-Jefferson Division 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR LODI IRON WORKS 12.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Firebaugh 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Boutonnet Farms 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Coast Vineyards 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE FESTIVAL FARMS 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC Berkeley 22,120 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (213-ABH) 1,998 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sutter Bay Hospitals (30391) 1,917 FTE
CITY-NEAR Berkeley, CA 1,106 FTE
NAT-TCR 4054-ABS-0020-0021-04279 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-SWY-0027-0027-01811 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-SWY-0027-0027-03424 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 039843-Yum-Foothills Sta 12.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Beach 41st St/Oceanside 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Forman Glass 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Centerlight Healthcare Allerton 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harlow's School Bus Service - Watford City 44 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.