Rakes, hay, manufacturing · California

Nikkel Iron Works Corp

Shafter, CA · ~21 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nikkel Iron Works Corp runs at 455% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Rakes, hay, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Nikkel Iron Works Corp: 15.0 TCR = 455% of Rakes, hay, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nikkel Iron Works Corp safety composite

Nikkel Iron Works Corp scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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)
F 15.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−10.6

2020→2024

Nikkel Iron Works Corp injury rate improved

Nikkel Iron Works Corp's TCR fell 10.6 from 10.6 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 33.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=10.6 · 2021=21.6 · 2022=9.2 · 2023=33.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333111 · Shafter, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.0 · 455% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #39/45
  • PHOTO Wilkey Industries Inc.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wilkey Industries Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nikkel Iron Works Corp in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nikkel Iron Works Corp averages 15.0 TCR (455% of the Rakes, hay, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Nikkel Iron Works Corp TCR series: 2020=10.6 · 2021=21.6 · 2022=9.2 · 2023=33.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Nikkel Iron Works Corp falls in its industry

433 Rakes, hay, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #39 safest of 45 Rakes, hay, manufacturing employers in California.

Nikkel Iron Works Corp (21 employees, TCR 15.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Nikkel Iron Works Corp
Nikkel Iron Works Corp (21 employees, TCR 15.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Nikkel Iron Works Corp has fewer employees than the Rakes, hay, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 33.8 19.3 6 1 0
2022 9.2 9.2 1 1 0
2021 21.6 17.3 5 0 0
2020 10.6 10.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333111 · CA · Shafter

433 Rakes, hay, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 66 employers in Shafter, 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 Wilkey Industries Inc. 15.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maurer Manufacturing 15.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wizard Manufacturing LLC 15.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ritchie Industries Inc. 14.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Poso Ridge,LLC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fonseca & Fonseca, Inc. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE TELESIS ONION CO., INC. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mayflower Farms Inc 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BFL2 1,819 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0593 - Shafter CA DC 1,587 FTE
CITY-NEAR Central Valley Distribution Center CVDC 1,395 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0593 - Bakersfield DC 1,179 FTE
NAT-TCR Kansas City Distribution 15.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Fowlerville 15.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Mishawaka Door, LLC 15.0 TCR
NAT-TCR The Kensington Falls Church 15.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Boise,ID - 564 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pumptec Inc. 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Anderson Regional Joint Water System 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Industrial Plating Company, Inc 21 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, 2021, 2020. 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.