Machine tools, metal cutting, manufacturing · California

US Tool Group - Palmdale O.C.

Lancaster, CA · ~25 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

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

US Tool Group - Palmdale O.C. runs at 101% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Machine tools, metal cutting, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

US Tool Group - Palmdale O.C.: 3.3 TCR = 101% of Machine tools, metal cutting, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

US Tool Group - Palmdale O.C. safety composite

US Tool Group - Palmdale O.C. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

US Tool Group - Palmdale O.C. held a steady TCR band

US Tool Group - Palmdale O.C.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=12.1 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=4.6 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333517 · Lancaster, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 101% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/14
  • PHOTO Union Electric Steel…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Union Electric Steel - Valparaiso Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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US Tool Group - Palmdale O.C. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows US Tool Group - Palmdale O.C. averages 3.3 TCR (101% of the Machine tools, metal cutting, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

US Tool Group - Palmdale O.C. TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=12.1 · 2019=0 · 2020=4.6 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where US Tool Group - Palmdale O.C. falls in its industry

391 Machine tools, metal cutting, establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 14 Machine tools, metal cutting, employers in California.

US Tool Group - Palmdale O.C. (25 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate US Tool Group - Palmdale O.C.
US Tool Group - Palmdale O.C. (25 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4

US Tool Group - Palmdale O.C. has fewer employees than the Machine tools, metal cutting, manufactur median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.6 4.6 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 12.1 12.1 3 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333517 · CA · Lancaster

391 Machine tools, metal cutting, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 131 employers in Lancaster, 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 Union Electric Steel - Valparaiso Plant 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Grinding North America, Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR CPS Plant 4 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tripler R Industries 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Conservation Farms Ranches 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE GM Ag Services, Inc. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farm Shop 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dougherty Brothers 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Antelope Valley Union High School District 3,219 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 549 2,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR California State Prison-Los Angeles County 1,505 FTE
CITY-NEAR BYD Coach & Bus LLC 679 FTE
NAT-TCR TownePlace Suites 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Grannas Bros. Stone & Asphalt Co., Inc 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR ModuleXSolutions 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Franklin 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lowry Tool & Die, Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aero Trades Mfg. Corp. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Industrial Plastics & Machine 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hellman Construction Co., Inc. 25 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.