Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing · Colorado

Spyderco, Inc.

Golden, CO · ~119 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Spyderco, Inc. runs at 152% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Spyderco, Inc.: 5.0 TCR = 152% of Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Spyderco, Inc. safety composite

Spyderco, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−0.6

2016→2021

Spyderco, Inc. injury rate improved

Spyderco, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.6 from 7.4 in 2016 to 6.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.4 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=6.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332215 · Golden, CO ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 152% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK P54
  • PHOTO Vollrath Company LLC…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 35 inj
  • SIZE ~119 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Vollrath Company LLC, Sheboygan (0.2 TCR gap)

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Spyderco, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Spyderco, Inc. averages 5.0 TCR (152% of the Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Spyderco, Inc. TCR series: 2016=7.4 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=6.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Spyderco, Inc. falls in its industry

52 Blades, knife and razor, manuf establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Spyderco, Inc. (119 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.4 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Spyderco, Inc.
Spyderco, Inc. (119 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.4

Spyderco, Inc. has more employees than the Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.4. 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
2021 6.8 4.3 10 1 0
2020 3.3 1.3 5 0 0
2019 5.2 2.6 6 0 0
2018 3.5 0.0 4 0 0
2017 3.9 1.0 4 0 0
2016 7.4 1.1 6 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332215 · CO · Golden

52 Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 134 employers in Golden, CO · 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 Vollrath Company LLC, Sheboygan 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dienes Corporation 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Xuron Corp 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unique Fabrications 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Milender White 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Advanced Contracting Group, LLC 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE NA-US-CO-Denver-East 76th Avenue 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Colorado Powerline Inc. 119 FTE
CITY-NEAR MillerCoors Golden Brewery 965 FTE
CITY-NEAR Golden Brewery 927 FTE
CITY-NEAR CoorsTek Inc. CCVP Facility 404 FTE
CITY-NEAR Clear Creek Valley Plant 398 FTE
NAT-TCR American Central Transport, Inc. Headquarter 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hydrologic Distribution Company 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Martha's Vineyard Hospital 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Bed Bath and Beyond Spring Hill 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Shirley's Cookie Co. Inc. 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Executive Las Vegas 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carstin Brands 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE PMG-Santa Fe St. Michael 119 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.