Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing · Ohio

Northwestern Tools Inc

Name: Northwestern Tools Inc Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Kettering, OH · ~37 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Northwestern Tools Inc runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Northwestern Tools Inc: 1.3 TCR = 38% of Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northwestern Tools Inc safety composite

Northwestern Tools Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% 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).

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Northwestern Tools Inc: 0.0 → 2.5 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 2.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2023

Northwestern Tools Inc's TCR rose 2.5 from 0.0 in 2022 to 2.5 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333514 · Kettering, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 38% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #11/39
PHOTO SJD Machining
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SJD Machining (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.3
SJD Machining

1.3
Nordson Xaloy

1.3
Praet Tool & E

1.3
Ultimate Gagin

1.2

What this shows Northwestern Tools Inc averages 1.3 TCR (38% of the Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Northwestern Tools Inc TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Northwestern Tools Inc falls in its industry

387 Cutting dies, metalworking, ma establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 39 Cutting dies, metalworking, ma employers in Ohio.

Northwestern Tools Inc (37 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Northwestern Tools Inc has fewer employees than the Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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	2.5	0.0	1	0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333514 · OH · Kettering

387 Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 42 employers in Kettering, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	SJD Machining	MEADVILLE, PA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Nordson Xaloy Hickory	HICKORY, NC	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Praet Tool & Engineering	MACOMB, MI	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ultimate Gaging Systems	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Biosecurity Building	FORT RECOVERY	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Columbus SW Svc Ctr	COLUMBUS	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lead Building Company LLC	GAHANNA	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Unified Restoration Systems, LLC	AKRON	37 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kettering Medical Center	Kettering	5,259 FTE
CITY-NEAR	3638-K	Kettering	3,317 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ASHN	Kettering	1,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Alternate Solutions	Kettering	1,012 FTE
NAT-TCR	C. Acitelli Heating & Piping Contractors, Inc.	Villa Park, IL	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Commercial HVAC Americas : MFG-Columbia, SC-USA	Columbia, SC	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	FL Int'l Univ GL Starbucks	Miami, FL	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Saks L'Avenue Restaurant	New York, NY	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Northview Bank	Finlayson, MN	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Houston Sales Office	Houston, TX	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sparks Industrial Service, LLC	Piedmont, SC	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	LMA/LCS Willingboro-1113 Hospital Drive	Willingboro, NJ	37 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, 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.