Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing · Kentucky

Custom Tool & Manufacturing, Inc

Lawrenceburg, KY · ~40 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
17.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Custom Tool & Manufacturing, Inc runs at 542% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Custom Tool & Manufacturing, Inc: 17.9 TCR = 542% of Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Custom Tool & Manufacturing, Inc safety composite

Custom Tool & Manufacturing, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 17.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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

−6.6

2017→2018

Custom Tool & Manufacturing, Inc injury rate improved

Custom Tool & Manufacturing, Inc's TCR fell 6.6 from 21.2 in 2017 to 14.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 21.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=21.2 · 2018=14.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333514 · Lawrenceburg, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 17.9 · 542% of ind

  • DART 7.3 DART
  • RANK P1
  • PHOTO Dort Steel Services
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dort Steel Services (1.7 TCR gap)

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Custom Tool & Manufacturing, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Custom Tool & Manufacturing, Inc averages 17.9 TCR (542% of the Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Custom Tool & Manufacturing, Inc TCR series: 2017=21.2 · 2018=14.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Custom Tool & Manufacturing, Inc falls in its industry

387 Cutting dies, metalworking, ma establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Custom Tool & Manufacturing, Inc (40 employees, TCR 17.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Custom Tool & Manufacturing, Inc
Custom Tool & Manufacturing, Inc (40 employees, TCR 17.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Custom Tool & Manufacturing, Inc has fewer employees than the Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturin median and a higher 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
2018 14.6 7.3 6 0 0
2017 21.2 21.2 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333514 · KY · Lawrenceburg

387 Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 25 employers in Lawrenceburg, KY · 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 Dort Steel Services 16.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Ring Manufacturing, Livonia, MI 16.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR F.H. UELNER PRECISION TOOLS AND DIES, INC. 20.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Majestic Industries 15.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Electrical Distribution Cooperative 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Leak Eliminators 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE STC:SC630 - SC630-Louisville, KY 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE STC:SC640 - SC640-Lexington, KY 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR 507 287 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 507 270 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Cable Lawrenceburg 269 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Cable Industries Inc 266 FTE
NAT-TCR Lassens Fresno 17.9 TCR
NAT-TCR LQ0928 Fort Stockton 17.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Premera Mountlake Terrace 17.9 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Chanhassen 17.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Land Jet Inc 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Odessa LLC 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE RailWorks Transit 63rd Street 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5029 St. Joseph Hospital 40 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.