Inserts, cutting tool, manufacturing · Tennessee

Peterson Tool Company, Inc.

Name: Peterson Tool Company, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Nashville, TN · ~82 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Peterson Tool Company, Inc. runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Inserts, cutting tool, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Peterson Tool Company, Inc.: 2.5 TCR = 76% of Inserts, cutting tool, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Peterson Tool Company, Inc. safety composite

Peterson Tool Company, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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).

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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

Peterson Tool Company, Inc.: 2.1 → 4.4 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 4.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.76× in 2021

Peterson Tool Company, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.3 from 2.1 in 2016 to 4.4 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333515 · Nashville, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 76% of ind

DART 4.4 DART
RANK #5/6
PHOTO GWS Tool LLC - WI
BOOK 5y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~82 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GWS Tool LLC - WI (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.5
GWS Tool LLC -

2.5
PMC, Snow Drag

2.5
Voisard Tool

2.5
Benchmark Carb

2.5

What this shows Peterson Tool Company, Inc. averages 2.5 TCR (76% of the Inserts, cutting tool, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Peterson Tool Company, Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=4.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Peterson Tool Company, Inc. falls in its industry

221 Inserts, cutting tool, manufac establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Inserts, cutting tool, manufac employers in Tennessee.

Peterson Tool Company, Inc. (82 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Peterson Tool Company, Inc. has more employees than the Inserts, cutting tool, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2021	4.4	4.4	0	3
2020	3.7	0.0	3	0
2019	1.1	0.0	1	0
2018	1.1	0.0	1	0
2016	2.1	2.1	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333515 · TN · Nashville

221 Inserts, cutting tool, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 1,187 employers in Nashville, TN · 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	GWS Tool LLC - WI	HEARTLAND, WI	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PMC, Snow Dragon, & Pines Engineering	WICKLIFFE, OH	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Voisard Tool	RUSSIA, OH	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Benchmark Carbide LLC	SPRINGFIELD, MA	2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Shelbyville DREMC	SHELBYVILLE	82 FTE
STATE-SIZE	D.R. Horton, Inc. - Nashville	NOLENSVILLE	82 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Construction	SUNBRIGHT	82 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Gallaher & Associates, Inc.	ALCOA	82 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Parallon Enterprises, LLC	Nashville	15,267 FTE
CITY-NEAR	METROPOLITAN GOVT. OF NASHVILLE,& DAVIDSON COUNTY	Nashville	10,278 FTE
CITY-NEAR	METRO NASHVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	Nashville	9,049 FTE
CITY-NEAR	TriStar Centennial Medical Center	Nashville	3,106 FTE
NAT-TCR	Green Velvet Sod Farms	Bellbrook, OH	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ind. School District No. 743	Sauk Centre, MN	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sutter Medical Foundation (185-276)	Roseville, CA	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Huntsville Operations	Huntsville, AL	2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Glenco Contracting Group Inc	Yonkers, NY	82 FTE
NAT-SIZE	2356 North Forest Road	Getzville, NY	82 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Buckeye Power, Inc.	Columbus, OH	82 FTE
NAT-SIZE	West Coast Air Conditioning	Oxnard, CA	82 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.