Fences and gates (except wire), metal, manufacturing · California

Saddleback Valley Ornamental Iron, Inc.

Lake Forest, CA · ~22 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Saddleback Valley Ornamental Iron, Inc. runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fences and gates (except wire), metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Saddleback Valley Ornamental Iron, Inc.: 4.3 TCR = 129% of Fences and gates (except wire), metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Saddleback Valley Ornamental Iron, Inc. safety composite

Saddleback Valley Ornamental Iron, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.3 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%).

Saddleback Valley Ornamental Iron, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Saddleback Valley Ornamental Iron, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 5.2 in 2018 to 5.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.2 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=10.7 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332323 · Lake Forest, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 129% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #11/18
  • PHOTO Amuneal Manufacturin…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Amuneal Manufacturing Corporation- Darrah (0.0 TCR gap)

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Saddleback Valley Ornamental Iron, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Saddleback Valley Ornamental Iron, Inc. averages 4.3 TCR (129% of the Fences and gates (except wire), metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Saddleback Valley Ornamental Iron, Inc. TCR series: 2018=5.2 · 2020=0 · 2022=10.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Saddleback Valley Ornamental Iron, Inc. falls in its industry

309 Fences and gates (except wire) establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 18 Fences and gates (except wire) employers in California.

Saddleback Valley Ornamental Iron, Inc. (22 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Saddleback Valley Ornamental Iron, Inc.
Saddleback Valley Ornamental Iron, Inc. (22 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Saddleback Valley Ornamental Iron, Inc. has fewer employees than the Fences and gates (except wire), metal, m median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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
2024 5.3 5.3 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 10.7 10.7 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 5.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332323 · CA · Lake Forest

309 Fences and gates (except wire), metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 90 employers in Lake Forest, 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 Amuneal Manufacturing Corporation- Darrah 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lapeyre Stair 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Illinois Engineered Products, Inc 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR W.F. Norman Corp 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE LaGrande Farms 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Del Carlo Farms, Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Linda Vista Farms 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE MOUNTAIN VIEW FARM SHOP 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Panasonic Avionics Corporation 2,047 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARB, Inc. 1,334 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spectrum Brands, Lake Forest 598 FTE
CITY-NEAR ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential, Inc., Lake Forest 594 FTE
NAT-TCR Childrens Hospital Rehab 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 943-NiSource-Grove City OH-Mod Site 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Allosource - Centennial Facility 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0527 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Time Equipment Rental & Sales Inc 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE MG - Livonia 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE MG - Grand Rapids 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE MG - Jeffersonville 22 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.