Sutures, surgical, manufacturing · Connecticut

RK Manufacturing

Name: RK Manufacturing Workplace Safety Data
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Danbury, CT · ~133 workers · 3 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

RK Manufacturing runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Sutures, surgical, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

RK Manufacturing: 2.5 TCR = 75% of Sutures, surgical, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

RK Manufacturing safety composite

RK Manufacturing scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.1

2021→2023

RK Manufacturing injury rate improved

RK Manufacturing's TCR fell 3.1 from 4.5 in 2021 to 1.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=4.5 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339113 · Danbury, CT AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 75% of ind

DART 1.4 DART
RANK #7/11
PHOTO Arizona AFO
BOOK 3y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~133 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Arizona AFO (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.5
Arizona AFO

2.5
Pierceton - Ca

2.5
Stryker Medica

2.5
Sampson's Pros

2.5

What this shows RK Manufacturing averages 2.5 TCR (75% of the Sutures, surgical, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

RK Manufacturing TCR series: 2021=4.5 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where RK Manufacturing falls in its industry

555 Sutures, surgical, manufacturi establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 11 Sutures, surgical, manufacturi employers in Connecticut.

RK Manufacturing (133 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 123 employees and a TCR of 2.1

RK Manufacturing has more employees than the Sutures, surgical, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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
2023	1.4	1.4	2	0
2022	1.5	0.0	2	0
2021	4.5	3.2	2	5

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339113 · CT · Danbury

555 Sutures, surgical, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 171 employers in Danbury, CT · 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	Arizona AFO	MESA, AZ	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Pierceton - Cases & Trays	PIERCETON, IN	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Stryker Medical	PORTAGE, MI	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sampson's Prosthetic Lab Inc.	SCHENECTADY, NY	2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	KBE Building Corporation	FARMINGTON	133 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Empire Paving	NORTH HAVEN	133 FTE
STATE-SIZE	300 East River Drive	EAST HARTFORD	133 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Connecticut Container Corp	NORTH HAVEN	133 FTE
CITY-NEAR	DANBURY HOSPITAL INC.	Danbury	2,822 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Board of Education	Danbury	2,209 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Western CT Medical Group	Danbury	1,400 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Western Connecticut Medical Group	Danbury	1,239 FTE
NAT-TCR	5096 - AL Jefferson County Jail	Birmingham, AL	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Comanche	Lawton, OK	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	5077 U of L Peace Hospital	Louisville, KY	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	County Market #515	Champaign, IL	2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Encompass Health Rehabilitation - Vision Park	Shenandoah, TX	133 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Warped Wing Brewing Co.	Dayton, OH	133 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hope Hull	Hope Hull, AL	133 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Admiral/153	Seattle, WA	133 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. 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.