Machine shops · North Carolina

C&H Tooling, Inc.

Candler, NC · ~25 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

C&H Tooling, Inc. runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade C.

C&H Tooling, Inc.: 2.9 TCR = 87% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

C&H Tooling, Inc. safety composite

C&H Tooling, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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%).

C&H Tooling, Inc. held a steady TCR band

C&H Tooling, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.3 from 3.6 in 2019 to 3.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.6 · 2020=4.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Candler, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 87% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #16/24
  • PHOTO Trace-A-Matic Corpor…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Trace-A-Matic Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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C&H Tooling, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows C&H Tooling, Inc. averages 2.9 TCR (87% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

C&H Tooling, Inc. TCR series: 2019=3.6 · 2020=4 · 2021=0 · 2022=3.9 · BLS 3.3

Where C&H Tooling, Inc. falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 24 Machine shops employers in North Carolina.

C&H Tooling, Inc. (25 employees, TCR 2.9) 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 C&H Tooling, Inc.
C&H Tooling, Inc. (25 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

C&H Tooling, Inc. has fewer employees than the Machine shops median and a lower 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
2022 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.0 0.0 1 0 0
2019 3.6 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · NC · Candler

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 17 employers in Candler, NC · 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 Trace-A-Matic Corporation 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR CPM - Crawfordsville 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Damar Aerosystems 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR KMG Fabrication 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fair View Nursery, Inc. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE John William Carter III 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hill of Berry's 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Andrew Tyson Farms 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Store 134 225 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jacob Holm 170 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tennoca Construction Company 161 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pisgah Valley Retirement Center 140 FTE
NAT-TCR Patrick Motors Shrewsbury 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Durango Motor Company 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Parvin Clauss Sign Co Inc 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 2904-SAS-SC 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Owens Corning Medina Trumbull Asphalt Plant 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE PSSI - 0148 Plumrose USA - Council Bluffs 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Teton Ace Hardware 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wastewater Treatment Plant 25 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.