Molds for plastics and rubber working machinery manufacturing · Colorado
Front Range Tooling Inc
Frederick, CO · ~28 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Front Range Tooling Inc runs at 106% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Molds for plastics and rubber working machinery manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.5
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 9
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Front Range Tooling Inc's OSHA Total Case Rate of 3.5 to the Molds for plastics and rubber working machinery manufacturing BLS benchmark of 3.3 (106% of benchmark) across 8 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Front Range Tooling Inc's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Front Range Tooling Inc falls in its industry
239 Molds for plastics and rubber establishmentsSafer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Trend analysis for Front Range Tooling Inc
Between 2016 and 2024, Front Range Tooling Inc's Total Case Rate improved from 8.9 to 3.3 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 63% decrease across 8 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2022, at a TCR of 0.0, while 2016 saw the highest rate, at 8.9, a spread of 8.9 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 8 reporting years, Front Range Tooling Inc recorded 9 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 8-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 9 injuries shown on this page for Front Range Tooling Inc are sourced from its own 8 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 333511 - Molds for plastics and rubber working machinery manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 60,645 hours worked = 3.30 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Front Range Tooling Inc (this establishment) | 3.50 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 8-year avg |
| Industrial molds (except steel ingot) manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 333511 |
| Colorado state avg (all industries) | 5.41 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Front Range Tooling Inc to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8.9 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Front Range Tooling Inc's reported OSHA injury record versus its Molds for plastics and rubber working machinery manufacturing peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 106% of the Molds for plastics and rubber working machinery manufacturing benchmark, Front Range Tooling Inc reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Molds for plastics and rubber working machinery manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.