Jigs and fixtures for use with machine tools manufacturing · Ohio

BK Tool & Design, Inc.

Name: BK Tool & Design, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Kalida, OH · ~120 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.4
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

BK Tool & Design, Inc. runs at 12% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Jigs and fixtures for use with machine tools manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

BK Tool & Design, Inc.: 0.4 TCR = 12% of Jigs and fixtures for use with machine tools manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BK Tool & Design, Inc. safety composite

BK Tool & Design, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

BK Tool & Design, Inc.: 0.0 → 0.8 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 0.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2021

BK Tool & Design, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.8 from 0.0 in 2020 to 0.8 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0× 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 0.4 · 12% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #1/39
PHOTO ELCo Enterprises, Inc.
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~120 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ELCo Enterprises, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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0.4
ELCo Enterpris

0.4
GLE-Precision,

0.4
Hi-Tech Wire,

0.4
Paslin, Pontia

0.4

What this shows BK Tool & Design, Inc. averages 0.4 TCR (12% of the Jigs and fixtures for use with machine tools manufacturing BLS benchmark).

BK Tool & Design, Inc. TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=0.8 · BLS 3.3

Where BK Tool & Design, Inc. falls in its industry

387 Jigs and fixtures for use with establishments

Safer than 98% 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 #1 safest of 39 Jigs and fixtures for use with employers in Ohio.

BK Tool & Design, Inc. (120 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4

BK Tool & Design, Inc. has more employees than the Jigs and fixtures for use with machine t 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	Illnesses	Fatalities
2021	0.8	0.0	1	0	0
2020	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333514 · OH · Kalida

387 Jigs and fixtures for use with machine tools 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	ELCo Enterprises, Inc.	JACKSON, MI	0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	GLE-Precision, LLC	BRIDGEPORT, MI	0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hi-Tech Wire, Inc.	ST. HENRY, OH	0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Paslin, Pontiac	PONTIAC, MI	0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	CAM Industrial Solutions @ Cenovus	LIMA	120 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CMS Corporation	MAUMEE	120 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Messer Construction Co. - Columbus Region	COLUMBUS	120 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Baker DC, LLC	MONROE	120 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kalida Manufacturing Inc.	Kalida	410 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Unverferth Manufacturing- Kalida Division	Kalida	345 FTE
CITY-NEAR	B-K Tool and Design, Inc.	Kalida	141 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The Meadows of Kalida	Kalida	111 FTE
NAT-TCR	Blackline Midland Office	Midland, TX	0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	City Hall	Ames, IA	0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Catlin Engineers and Scientists	Wilmington, NC	0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	L3Harris Aviation Products	Grand Rapids, MI	0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Ovid Plant	Ovid, MI	120 FTE
NAT-SIZE	LVD Strippit, Inc.	Akron, NY	120 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Firesteel Healthcare	Mitchell, SD	120 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Little Sisters of the Poor Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA	120 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: 2021, 2020. 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.