Panel work, wood millwork, manufacturing · Rhode Island

Design Fabricators, Inc.

Cranston, RI · ~28 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Design Fabricators, Inc. runs at 81% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Panel work, wood millwork, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Design Fabricators, Inc.: 2.7 TCR = 81% of Panel work, wood millwork, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Design Fabricators, Inc. safety composite

Design Fabricators, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

−3.1

2017→2024

Design Fabricators, Inc. injury rate improved

Design Fabricators, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.1 from 3.1 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.1 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321918 · Cranston, RI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 81% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P80
  • PHOTO Seneca Millwork Inco…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Seneca Millwork Incorporated (0.0 TCR gap)

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Design Fabricators, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Design Fabricators, Inc. averages 2.7 TCR (81% of the Panel work, wood millwork, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Design Fabricators, Inc. TCR series: 2017=3.1 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Design Fabricators, Inc. falls in its industry

317 Panel work, wood millwork, man establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Design Fabricators, Inc. (28 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.9 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 050100150200250300 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Design Fabricators, Inc.
Design Fabricators, Inc. (28 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Design Fabricators, Inc. has fewer employees than the Panel work, wood millwork, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.7 3.7 1 0 0
2022 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2017 3.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321918 · RI · Cranston

317 Panel work, wood millwork, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,610 rated employers in Rhode Island with headcount on file · 151 employers in Cranston, RI · 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 Seneca Millwork Incorporated 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mill-Rite Woodworking Company, Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rex Lumber Co Acton 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR HEISTER HOUSE MILLWORKS INC 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Newport RI 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pezzuco Construction, Inc. 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE 70 Calverly St., Providence, RI 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE J J Cardosi Inc 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Taco Cranston 393 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tasca Lincoln Mercury Inc 391 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thielsch Engineering HQ 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR Heritage Healthcare Services Inc. 347 FTE
NAT-TCR S02881 - WM Houston Metro 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Stamoules Produce Company 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Indiana Pickling and Processing Company, Loc'n 332 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Eames Construction, Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Electro-Shield Plating 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Malden 51 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE BSD Builders Inc. 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hoffman Diamond Products Inc. 28 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2017. 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.