Precision turned product manufacturing · Indiana

Schafer Gear Works - South Bend

Name: Schafer Gear Works - South Bend Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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South Bend, IN · ~114 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Schafer Gear Works - South Bend runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Precision turned product manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Schafer Gear Works - South Bend: 2.2 TCR = 66% of Precision turned product manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Schafer Gear Works - South Bend safety composite

Schafer Gear Works - South Bend scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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).

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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

−0.7

2016→2017

Schafer Gear Works - South Bend injury rate improved

Schafer Gear Works - South Bend's TCR fell 0.7 from 2.5 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.5 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.5 · 2017=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332721 · South Bend, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 66% of ind

DART 0.9 DART
RANK #2/19
PHOTO Swagelok HPF
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~114 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Swagelok HPF (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.2
Swagelok HPF

2.2
Precision Asse

2.2
Cadence Device

2.2
Bracone Metal

2.2

What this shows Schafer Gear Works - South Bend averages 2.2 TCR (66% of the Precision turned product manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Schafer Gear Works - South Bend TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2017=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Schafer Gear Works - South Bend falls in its industry

464 Precision turned product manuf establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 19 Precision turned product manuf employers in Indiana.

Schafer Gear Works - South Bend (114 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Schafer Gear Works - South Bend has more employees than the Precision turned product manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2017	1.8	0.9	2	0	0
2016	2.5	1.3	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332721 · IN · South Bend

464 Precision turned product manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 318 employers in South Bend, IN · 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	Swagelok HPF	SOLON, OH	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Precision Assembly, LLC	WILLOW GROVE, PA	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cadence Device	CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PA	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bracone Metal Spinning Inc	SOUTHINGTON, CT	2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Indiana American Water - Northwest	GARY	114 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Tranco Industrial Services, Inc.	BURNS HARBOR	114 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Indianna Foundation Services Indianapolis	WHITELAND	114 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Laux Arnold Inc	FORT WAYNE	114 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Memorial Hospital South Bend	South Bend	2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Joseph County	South Bend	1,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fourwinds Casino South Bend	South Bend	1,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Honeywell IN08	South Bend	810 FTE
NAT-TCR	0160 - Canton, OH	Canton, OH	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	US - Supply Chain : 0002	Kansas City, MO	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Rosev Dairy Foods, Inc.	Chelsea, MA	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Colby, Wi	Colby, WI	2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	CD Lanes 111516 Sundt Construction	El Paso, TX	114 FTE
NAT-SIZE	SG001 - Sage Corporate	Denver, CO	114 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Coon Rapids MND5	Coon Rapids, MN	114 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Milwaukee (Wimlk)	Milwaukee, WI	114 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: 2017, 2016. 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.