Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing · Ohio

RK Industries Inc.

Ottawa, OH · ~68 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

RK Industries Inc. runs at 262% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

RK Industries Inc.: 8.7 TCR = 262% of Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

RK Industries Inc. safety composite

RK Industries Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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

−18.6

2019→2023

RK Industries Inc. injury rate improved

RK Industries Inc.'s TCR fell 18.6 from 20.5 in 2019 to 1.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 20.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=20.5 · 2021=6.3 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332313 · Ottawa, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.7 · 262% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #33/38
  • PHOTO Modern Welding Compa…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Modern Welding Company of Owensboro, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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RK Industries Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows RK Industries Inc. averages 8.7 TCR (262% of the Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

RK Industries Inc. TCR series: 2019=20.5 · 2021=6.3 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where RK Industries Inc. falls in its industry

449 Plate work (e.g., bending, cut establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 38 Plate work (e.g., bending, cut employers in Ohio.

RK Industries Inc. (68 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 RK Industries Inc.
RK Industries Inc. (68 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5

RK Industries Inc. has more employees than the Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punc median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 Fatalities
2023 1.9 1.0 4 0 0
2022 5.8 5.8 3 0 0
2021 6.3 6.3 3 0 0
2019 20.5 0.0 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332313 · OH · Ottawa

449 Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 19 employers in Ottawa, OH · 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 Modern Welding Company of Owensboro, Inc. 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Air Heater Seal Company Inc. 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mi-Kee-Tro Metal Mfg. 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metal Works Inc 8.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE FarmaceuticalRX LLC OH 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maria Gardens 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trillium Farms Layer 1 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trillium Farms Layer 4 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR Whirlpool Corporation 503 FTE
CITY-NEAR Whirlpool Corporation - Ottawa Operations 471 FTE
CITY-NEAR Whirlpool Corporation- Ottawa 440 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2542 223 FTE
NAT-TCR Stutsman Transportation Inc. 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Versevo Inc 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Pine Bluff 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Vallarta Supermarkets #25 8.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cardinal Health SLC PHARM 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hiawatha 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Refinery Services Group 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE BT Mechanicsburg 68 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, 2021, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.