Precision turned product manufacturing · Ohio

Forward Technologies, Inc.

Cincinnati, OH · ~23 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Forward Technologies, Inc. runs at 303% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Precision turned product manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Forward Technologies, Inc.: 10.0 TCR = 303% of Precision turned product manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Forward Technologies, Inc. safety composite

Forward Technologies, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−16.5

2016→2024

Forward Technologies, Inc. injury rate improved

Forward Technologies, Inc.'s TCR fell 16.5 from 20.3 in 2016 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 20.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=20.3 · 2017=12.2 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332721 · Cincinnati, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.0 · 303% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #56/56
  • PHOTO GMI Corporation
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GMI Corporation (0.1 TCR gap)

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Forward Technologies, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Forward Technologies, Inc. averages 10.0 TCR (303% of the Precision turned product manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Forward Technologies, Inc. TCR series: 2016=20.3 · 2017=12.2 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Forward Technologies, Inc. falls in its industry

464 Precision turned product manuf establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #56 safest of 56 Precision turned product manuf employers in Ohio.

Forward Technologies, Inc. (23 employees, TCR 10.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 Forward Technologies, Inc.
Forward Technologies, Inc. (23 employees, TCR 10.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Forward Technologies, Inc. has fewer employees than the Precision turned product manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 3.9 0.0 1 0 0
2023 3.6 3.6 0 1 0
2017 12.2 0.0 3 0 0
2016 20.3 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332721 · OH · Cincinnati

464 Precision turned product manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,513 employers in Cincinnati, 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 GMI Corporation 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR PRECI MANUFACTURING INC 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Anderson Automatics Inc 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wilo USA LLC dba Wilo Machine 10.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE MID EAST PRODUCTION LLC 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schlessman Seed Co 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lake County Nursery 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE LCN Holdings Inc dba Lake County Nursery 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center 17,011 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cincinnati Operations 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain : Evendale, OH 7,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain Evendale OH 6,400 FTE
NAT-TCR Ozanam Hall Of Queens Nursing Home Inc. 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Rwm Technologies, LLC 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kingman Police Department 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Wisconsin Lions Foundation 10.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE City of Roseville DPW/Mechanics 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE IHG Army Hotels - Fort Buchanan (Holiday Inn Express/Army Lodging) 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dickerson Mechanical, Inc. 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northside #068 23 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.