Machine tools and accessories merchant wholesalers · California

Hammer & Steel, Inc

Benecia, CA · ~71 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hammer & Steel, Inc runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Machine tools and accessories merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Hammer & Steel, Inc: 1.4 TCR = 66% of Machine tools and accessories merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hammer & Steel, Inc safety composite

Hammer & Steel, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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

−1.1

2019→2023

Hammer & Steel, Inc injury rate improved

Hammer & Steel, Inc's TCR fell 1.1 from 1.1 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.1 · 2021=3.2 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423830 · Benecia, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.4 · 66% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/58
  • PHOTO Brax Company
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~71 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Brax Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hammer & Steel, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hammer & Steel, Inc averages 1.4 TCR (66% of the Machine tools and accessories merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Hammer & Steel, Inc TCR series: 2019=1.1 · 2021=3.2 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Hammer & Steel, Inc falls in its industry

911 Machine tools and accessories establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 58 Machine tools and accessories employers in California.

Hammer & Steel, Inc (71 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0200400600800 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Hammer & Steel, Inc
Hammer & Steel, Inc (71 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Hammer & Steel, Inc has more employees than the Machine tools and accessories merchant w median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 3.2 0.0 3 0 0
2019 1.1 1.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423830 · CA · Benecia

911 Machine tools and accessories merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 6 employers in Benecia, 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 Brax Company 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR TX Houston 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ryan Herco Flow Solutions / Engineered Machinery Inc 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Laguna Tools, dba DAKE Corporation 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE M Pineda Farming Co 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE AgSource Services, LLC 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schafer Ranch, Inc 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE R & J Dondero Inc 71 FTE
CITY-NEAR Winebow-CA, Benecia 151 FTE
CITY-NEAR Winebow-ZEP (Southern CA) 119 FTE
CITY-NEAR Winebow-ZEP (Northern CA) 83 FTE
CITY-NEAR BAY CA 76 FTE
NAT-TCR Burke E. Porter Machinery Company 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Reyes Group Ltd. 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Heritage Cooperative: MAC Grain & Agronomy 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Gravotech, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Westrook/Walnut Grove Elem 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amafleet LLC 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Burlington VT Collection 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spec Tool Company 71 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, 2019. 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.