Saw blades, all types, manufacturing · California
General Tool
Irvine, CA · ~108 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
General Tool runs at 102% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Saw blades, all types, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
General Tool: 3.4 TCR = 102% of Saw blades, all types, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
General Tool safety composite
General Tool scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% 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).
52/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.35 per 100 workers
Safer than 52% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 0.9 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% 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
−4.0
2018→2022
General Tool injury rate improved
General Tool's TCR fell 4.0 from 4.9 in 2018 to 0.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=4.9 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=3.8 · 2022=0.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332216 · Irvine, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 102% of ind
- DART 0.9 DART
- RANK #4/5
- PHOTO The M. K. Morse Comp…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~108 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: The M. K. Morse Company (0.0 TCR gap)
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General Tool in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
General Tool
3.4 TCR
- The M. K. Mors
The M. K. Morse Company
3.4 TCR
- PanaVise Produ
PanaVise Products, Inc.
3.4 TCR
- MSP Industries
MSP Industries
3.4 TCR
- IDEAL Industri
IDEAL Industries, Inc. - South Prairie Manufacturing Building
3.3 TCR
What this shows General Tool averages 3.4 TCR (102% of the Saw blades, all types, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
General Tool TCR series: 2018=4.9 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=3.8 · 2022=0.9 · BLS 3.3
Where General Tool falls in its industry
174 Saw blades, all types, manufac establishmentsSafer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Saw blades, all types, manufac employers in California.
General Tool has more employees than the Saw blades, all types, manufacturing median and a lower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332216 · CA · Irvine
174 Saw blades, all types, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 622 employers in Irvine, 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 | The M. K. Morse Company | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PanaVise Products, Inc. | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | IDEAL Industries, Inc. - South Prairie Manufacturing Building | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MSP Industries | 3.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Jazmine Ag Labor Services, Inc | 108 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Harris Farms Inc | 108 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Superior Cattle Feeders, LLC | 108 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rainbow Farms | 108 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UC Irvine | 16,029 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CA-10 | 4,926 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Edwards Lifesciences | 4,189 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Johnson and Johnson MDD CSS Irvine | 3,775 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Frozen Specialty Food Manufacturing - DSD | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Commercial Painting, Inc | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hills #1 | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Union Electric Steel - Valparaiso Plant | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Vredevoogd Heating & Cooling LLC | 108 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Super Stop & Shop 0594 | 108 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Giant 121 | 108 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Orange County (Orlando) | 108 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.