Boxes, light gauge metal, manufacturing · New York

Matco Tools Lakewood

Lakewood, NY · ~108 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Matco Tools Lakewood runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Boxes, light gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Matco Tools Lakewood: 4.1 TCR = 124% of Boxes, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Matco Tools Lakewood safety composite

Matco Tools Lakewood scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

−3.2

2016→2017

Matco Tools Lakewood injury rate improved

Matco Tools Lakewood's TCR fell 3.2 from 5.7 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.7 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.7 · 2017=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332439 · Lakewood, NY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 124% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #1/5
  • PHOTO Roche Bros. Barrel &…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~108 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Roche Bros. Barrel & Drum (0.1 TCR gap)

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Matco Tools Lakewood in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Matco Tools Lakewood averages 4.1 TCR (124% of the Boxes, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Matco Tools Lakewood TCR series: 2016=5.7 · 2017=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Matco Tools Lakewood falls in its industry

175 Boxes, light gauge metal, manu establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 5 Boxes, light gauge metal, manu employers in New York.

Matco Tools Lakewood (108 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Matco Tools Lakewood
Matco Tools Lakewood (108 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Matco Tools Lakewood has more employees than the Boxes, light gauge metal, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2017 2.5 2.5 3 0 0
2016 5.7 4.3 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332439 · NY · Lakewood

175 Boxes, light gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 21 employers in Lakewood, NY · 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 Roche Bros. Barrel & Drum 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR DESAPRO, INC. 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR E-Box 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northstar 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kreher's Farm Fresh Eggs LLC 108 FTE
STATE-SIZE NYSEG Brewster 108 FTE
STATE-SIZE EBJWJ Management, LLC 108 FTE
STATE-SIZE James E. Fitzgerald, Inc. 108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cummins Inc. - Jamestown Engine Plant 1,484 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cummins Inc. Jamestown Engine Plant 1,480 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1973 370 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1973 355 FTE
NAT-TCR N and R of Eldon Inc 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR RAFS of PCB, Inc 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Newport News (Vanew) 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Rock Hill Center (Scroc) 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE N and R of Hollister LLC 108 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stop & Shop 100496 108 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bryan Center 108 FTE
NAT-SIZE Seattle (Watkw) 108 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: 2017, 2016. 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.