Pliers, handtools, manufacturing · Illinois

KNIPEX Tools L.P.

Buffalo Grove, IL · ~72 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KNIPEX Tools L.P. runs at 74% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Pliers, handtools, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

KNIPEX Tools L.P.: 2.4 TCR = 74% of Pliers, handtools, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KNIPEX Tools L.P. safety composite

KNIPEX Tools L.P. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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%).

Rising injury rate

KNIPEX Tools L.P.: 0.0 → 4.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.79× in 2024

KNIPEX Tools L.P.'s TCR rose 4.3 from 0.0 in 2022 to 4.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332216 · Buffalo Grove, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 74% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #5/17
  • PHOTO Klein Tools HP
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Klein Tools HP (0.0 TCR gap)

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KNIPEX Tools L.P. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KNIPEX Tools L.P. averages 2.4 TCR (74% of the Pliers, handtools, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

KNIPEX Tools L.P. TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 3.3

Where KNIPEX Tools L.P. falls in its industry

174 Pliers, handtools, manufacturi establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 17 Pliers, handtools, manufacturi employers in Illinois.

KNIPEX Tools L.P. (72 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate KNIPEX Tools L.P.
KNIPEX Tools L.P. (72 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 3.6

KNIPEX Tools L.P. has fewer employees than the Pliers, handtools, 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
2024 4.3 4.3 3 0 0
2023 2.9 2.9 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332216 · IL · Buffalo Grove

174 Pliers, handtools, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 66 employers in Buffalo Grove, IL · 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 Klein Tools HP 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marbach America Inc Michigan City 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bully Tools 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Simmons Knife & Saw 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Hillsboro / Mt. Clare 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Persimmon Street 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Astoria Wire & Metal Products 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Korte and Luitjohan Contractors, Inc. 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal Building Services, Inc. 2,440 FTE
CITY-NEAR Flex - Buffalo Grove 1,217 FTE
CITY-NEAR Flex Buffalo Grove - 700 Building 798 FTE
CITY-NEAR BT Buffalo Grove 760 FTE
NAT-TCR Prime Electrical Services Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Office 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Dezurik 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hopes Creek, INC. 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Foodbank Inc. 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Station 60 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE CQ Insulation Tampa 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chamberlain Elementary School 72 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, 2022. 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.