Hardware, plastics, manufacturing · Texas

Klein Tools, Inc

Mansfield, TX · ~276 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Klein Tools, Inc runs at 86% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Hardware, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Klein Tools, Inc: 2.9 TCR = 86% of Hardware, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Klein Tools, Inc safety composite

Klein Tools, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 65% 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).

C

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% 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

−0.7

2016→2022

Klein Tools, Inc injury rate improved

Klein Tools, Inc's TCR fell 0.7 from 3.5 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.6 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.5 · 2017=4.6 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=1.8 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Mansfield, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 86% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #69/161
  • PHOTO Smith Metal Products…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 42 inj
  • SIZE ~276 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Smith Metal Products, Div of Plastic Products Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Klein Tools, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Klein Tools, Inc averages 2.9 TCR (86% of the Hardware, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Klein Tools, Inc TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2017=4.6 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=1.8 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=2.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Klein Tools, Inc falls in its industry

2,838 Hardware, plastics, manufactur establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #69 safest of 161 Hardware, plastics, manufactur employers in Texas.

Klein Tools, Inc (276 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Klein Tools, Inc
Klein Tools, Inc (276 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Klein Tools, Inc has more employees than the Hardware, plastics, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2022 2.8 0.8 5 2 0
2021 1.7 0.7 5 0 0
2019 1.8 0.7 4 1 0
2018 2.6 1.5 7 0 0
2017 4.6 3.5 11 1 0
2016 3.5 3.3 10 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · TX · Mansfield

2,838 Hardware, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 128 employers in Mansfield, TX · 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 Smith Metal Products, Div of Plastic Products Co., Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR BEENE HOLDINGS, INC. 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bway Cedar City 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orrex Plastics 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Coterra Energy Inc. 276 FTE
STATE-SIZE CHASCO CONSTRUCTORS 276 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greater Austin Development 276 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smurfit Kappa Forney Mill 276 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mouser Electronics 1,960 FTE
CITY-NEAR Methodist Mansfield Medical Center 1,575 FTE
CITY-NEAR 284 414 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hoffman Cabinets, Inc. 407 FTE
NAT-TCR Jazmine Ag Labor Services, Inc 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Danville Save A Lot 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 2904-SAS-LA 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 1520 - Marinette 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2253-H4848 276 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cardinal CG -Spring Green CG 276 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sysco Hawaii Inc 276 FTE
NAT-SIZE Manheim Ohio 276 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: 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 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.