Hot forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished · California

Forged Metals Inc

Fontana, CA · ~198 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Forged Metals Inc runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Hot forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished workplace, earning a grade B.

Forged Metals Inc: 2.4 TCR = 71% of Hot forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Forged Metals Inc safety composite

Forged Metals Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−7.1

2017→2024

Forged Metals Inc injury rate improved

Forged Metals Inc's TCR fell 7.1 from 7.1 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.1 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332111 · Fontana, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 71% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/15
  • PHOTO Gerdau Sand Springs …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 45 inj
  • SIZE ~198 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gerdau Sand Springs Rail Products (0.1 TCR gap)

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Forged Metals Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Forged Metals Inc averages 2.4 TCR (71% of the Hot forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS benchmark).

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

Forged Metals Inc TCR series: 2017=7.1 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Forged Metals Inc falls in its industry

241 Hot forgings made from purchas establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 15 Hot forgings made from purchas employers in California.

Forged Metals Inc (198 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.0 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Forged Metals Inc
Forged Metals Inc (198 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.0

Forged Metals Inc has more employees than the Hot forgings made from purchased iron or median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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 1.1 0.0 2 0 0
2022 0.7 0.0 1 0 0
2021 2.2 0.0 3 0 0
2020 2.3 0.6 4 0 0
2019 3.3 0.3 8 2 0
2018 2.2 0.6 6 1 0
2017 7.1 5.8 21 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332111 · CA · Fontana

241 Hot forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 363 employers in Fontana, CA · 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 Gerdau Sand Springs Rail Products 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Standard Forged Products 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ellwood National Forge Corry 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Finkl Steel 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE WMJ Farms, Incorporated 198 FTE
STATE-SIZE Berries 198 FTE
STATE-SIZE Al Pak Labor, Inc. El Centro 198 FTE
STATE-SIZE 103430 - Oroville Dam Interim Spillway Repair 198 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : LAX9 2,844 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - LAX9 2,645 FTE
CITY-NEAR 08880314 FONTANA MEDICAL CENTER 2,635 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2032-08180314 2,236 FTE
NAT-TCR Barker Motor Company 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Museum of York County 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Metals USA #508 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR United Houston HQ 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE James L Maher Center 198 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cupertino Electric, Inc. - Ohio Operations 198 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bamberg County 198 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lawson Companies 198 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.