Closures, metal, stamping · California

Research Tool & Die Works

Carson, CA · ~56 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Research Tool & Die Works runs at 326% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Closures, metal, stamping workplace, earning a grade F.

Research Tool & Die Works: 10.8 TCR = 326% of Closures, metal, stamping BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Research Tool & Die Works safety composite

Research Tool & Die Works scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

F

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

Research Tool & Die Works: 5.7 → 13.2 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 15.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.46× in 2021

Research Tool & Die Works's TCR rose 7.4 from 5.7 in 2017 to 13.2 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 15.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332119 · Carson, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.8 · 326% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK #15/16
  • PHOTO Spindustries
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Spindustries (0.0 TCR gap)

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Research Tool & Die Works in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Research Tool & Die Works averages 10.8 TCR (326% of the Closures, metal, stamping BLS benchmark).

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

Research Tool & Die Works TCR series: 2017=5.7 · 2018=9.1 · 2020=15.1 · 2021=13.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Research Tool & Die Works falls in its industry

477 Closures, metal, stamping establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 16 Closures, metal, stamping employers in California.

Research Tool & Die Works (56 employees, TCR 10.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Research Tool & Die Works
Research Tool & Die Works (56 employees, TCR 10.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Research Tool & Die Works has fewer employees than the Closures, metal, stamping median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2021 13.2 4.9 6 2 0
2020 15.1 13.2 8 0 0
2018 9.1 9.1 4 0 0
2017 5.7 3.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332119 · CA · Carson

477 Closures, metal, stamping employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 236 employers in Carson, 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 Spindustries 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jireh Metal Products, Inc 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR QPI, An H&K Perforating Co 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wenzel Metal Spinning, Inc. 10.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wallace Brothers 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Sun Farms, Inc 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1624 Poole Blvd., Yuba City, CA 95993 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Copperhill 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR Centric Parts (PEO) - Carson 1,190 FTE
CITY-NEAR Los Angeles Refinery Carson 1,083 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMPAM Parks Mechanical 965 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Carson 755 FTE
NAT-TCR Lonestar Farmers Cooperative-Mereta 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Ouellette Plumbing & Heating Corporation 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Blountville Vending 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 42nd Avenue Plant 10.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Algus Packaging, Inc. (Peace Road) 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Main Steel - Harmony 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Splash Landing/Frozen Landing 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nor-Am Cold Storage - Schuyler 56 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, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.