Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished · California
Berkeley Forge & Tool, Inc
Berkeley, CA · ~100 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Berkeley Forge & Tool, Inc runs at 274% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.0
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- worker fatalities on record
Grade compares Berkeley Forge & Tool, Inc's OSHA Total Case Rate of 9.0 to the Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS benchmark of 3.3 (274% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Berkeley Forge & Tool, Inc's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Berkeley Forge & Tool, Inc falls in its industry
251 Cold forgings made from purcha establishmentsSafer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 15 Cold forgings made from purcha employers in California.
Trend analysis for Berkeley Forge & Tool, Inc
Between 2017 and 2018, Berkeley Forge & Tool, Inc's Total Case Rate worsened from 7.7 to 10.4 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 35% increase across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2017, at a TCR of 7.7, while 2018 saw the highest rate, at 10.4, a spread of 2.7 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Berkeley Forge & Tool, Inc recorded 16 total injuries and illnesses and 1 fatality. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-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 16 injuries, 2 illnesses, and 1 fatality shown on this page for Berkeley Forge & Tool, Inc are sourced from its own 2 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 332111 - Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2018)
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.
7 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 192,648 hours worked = 7.27 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Forge & Tool, Inc (this establishment) | 9.04 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 332111 |
| California state avg (all industries) | 5.64 | 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 Berkeley Forge & Tool, Inc 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.
- 2018: 11 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 2 illnesses, 1 fatality - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 8 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 10.4 | 7.3 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Berkeley Forge & Tool, Inc's reported OSHA injury record versus its Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 274% of the Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished benchmark, Berkeley Forge & Tool, Inc reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished 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.