Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing · Ohio

DK Manufacturing, Inc. - Lancaster

Lancaster, OH · ~73 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DK Manufacturing, Inc. - Lancaster runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

DK Manufacturing, Inc. - Lancaster: 2.0 TCR = 61% of Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DK Manufacturing, Inc. - Lancaster safety composite

DK Manufacturing, Inc. - Lancaster scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% 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

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−3.5

2016→2023

DK Manufacturing, Inc. - Lancaster injury rate improved

DK Manufacturing, Inc. - Lancaster's TCR fell 3.5 from 3.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.5 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=3.9 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Lancaster, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 61% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #67/270
  • PHOTO Centrex Plastics
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~73 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Centrex Plastics (0.0 TCR gap)

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DK Manufacturing, Inc. - Lancaster in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DK Manufacturing, Inc. - Lancaster averages 2.0 TCR (61% of the Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

DK Manufacturing, Inc. - Lancaster TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=0 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=3.9 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where DK Manufacturing, Inc. - Lancaster falls in its industry

2,838 Motor vehicle moldings and ext establishments

Safer than 74% 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 #67 safest of 270 Motor vehicle moldings and ext employers in Ohio.

DK Manufacturing, Inc. - Lancaster (73 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate DK Manufacturing, Inc. - Lancaster
DK Manufacturing, Inc. - Lancaster (73 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

DK Manufacturing, Inc. - Lancaster has fewer employees than the Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, p 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.9 3.9 2 0 0
2020 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.9 1.4 2 0 0
2016 3.5 2.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · OH · Lancaster

2,838 Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 96 employers in Lancaster, 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 Centrex Plastics 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oscoda Plastics, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Berry Global Woodstock, IL Location 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Systex Products Arkansas Company 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE A. Brown & Sons Nursery, Inc. 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bay Shore 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE 971-NiSource-Toledo OH-Op Ctr Manhattan Blv 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greater Dayton Construction LTD 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fairfield Medical Center 2,049 FTE
CITY-NEAR Anchor Hocking Plant 1 701 FTE
CITY-NEAR Anchor Hocking 688 FTE
CITY-NEAR Treehouse Foods, Lancaster OH 329 FTE
NAT-TCR Kansas City Chemetron 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Anaheim Base - Bld: 0712 - 15 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Celtic Demolition Inc 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Mister Kleen Maintenance Company, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Regency Management, Inc. 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE County Counsel 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Englewood M&S 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Winbond Electronics Corporation America 73 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: 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.