Metal stampings (except automotive, cans, coins), unfinished, manufacturing · Ohio

RK Metals

Fairfield, OH · ~55 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

RK Metals runs at 97% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Metal stampings (except automotive, cans, coins), unfinished, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

RK Metals: 3.2 TCR = 97% of Metal stampings (except automotive, cans, coins), unfinished, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

RK Metals safety composite

RK Metals scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−2.0

2016→2023

RK Metals injury rate improved

RK Metals's TCR fell 2.0 from 2.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.0 · 2017=5.1 · 2018=7.1 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=2.2 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332119 · Fairfield, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 97% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #22/70
  • PHOTO Metal Stamping
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Metal Stamping (0.0 TCR gap)

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RK Metals in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows RK Metals averages 3.2 TCR (97% of the Metal stampings (except automotive, cans, coins), unfinished, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

RK Metals TCR series: 2016=2 · 2017=5.1 · 2018=7.1 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=2.2 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where RK Metals falls in its industry

477 Metal stampings (except automo establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 70 Metal stampings (except automo employers in Ohio.

RK Metals (55 employees, TCR 3.2) 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 RK Metals
RK Metals (55 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 5.1

RK Metals has fewer employees than the Metal stampings (except automotive, cans median and a lower 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.2 0.0 1 0 0
2019 2.9 2.9 2 0 0
2018 7.1 5.3 4 0 0
2017 5.1 1.7 3 0 0
2016 2.0 2.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332119 · OH · Fairfield

477 Metal stampings (except automotive, cans, coins), unfinished, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 148 employers in Fairfield, 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 Metal Stamping 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 140 Belmont Ave. 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Square Stamping Mfg 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sage International Inc. DAB Jayco Manufacturing 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE IGS Solar 6100 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dolan Lab 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Backbone Power Systems LLC 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbus NE Service Center 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Fairfield Hospital 1,575 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fairfield Hospital 1,513 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Hospital Fairfield 1,494 FTE
CITY-NEAR Koch Foods 1,275 FTE
NAT-TCR Marshall Pottery 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbia Fruit LLC 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Captive Fastener Corp 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR S05121 - Health Sanitation Service (HSS) 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Higgins Electric Co. Inc. 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Omni Technologies 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hunt Ford 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brandywine Lehigh Transportation, LLC 55 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.