Machine shops · Ohio

Caliber, Inc

Akron, OH · ~34 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Caliber, Inc runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade D.

Caliber, Inc: 4.3 TCR = 129% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Caliber, Inc safety composite

Caliber, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).

D

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−6.5

2016→2018

Caliber, Inc injury rate improved

Caliber, Inc's TCR fell 6.5 from 9.6 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.6 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Akron, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 129% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #127/172
  • PHOTO SANDERS MACHINE
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SANDERS MACHINE (0.0 TCR gap)

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Caliber, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Caliber, Inc averages 4.3 TCR (129% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Caliber, Inc TCR series: 2016=9.6 · 2017=0 · 2018=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Caliber, Inc falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #127 safest of 172 Machine shops employers in Ohio.

Caliber, Inc (34 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Caliber, Inc
Caliber, Inc (34 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Caliber, Inc has fewer employees than the Machine shops median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2018 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 9.6 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · OH · Akron

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 512 employers in Akron, OH · 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 SANDERS MACHINE 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Falcon Lakeside Manufacutring, Inc. 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Magnolia Metal Corp. 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brodeur Machine Company, Inc. 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bauman Orchards Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Millcreek Gardens LLC 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Meadow View Growers, Inc 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE ayers farms inc 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron 6,746 FTE
CITY-NEAR Akron Children's Hospital 6,060 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summa Health - Akron City 4,801 FTE
CITY-NEAR Akron General Medical Center 4,176 FTE
NAT-TCR Holiday Inn Harborview 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR CA-Mira Loma-Building 1 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR NAPP Cambridge 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Current : Albeo Technologies 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 1034 Southern York Co. School District 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Haley, Chisholm & Morris, Inc. 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0065 - Odessa, TX 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE 33- Omaha 34 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.