Machine shops · California

Velco Tool & Die, Inc.

Lake Forest, CA · ~72 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Velco Tool & Die, Inc. runs at 31% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade A.

Velco Tool & Die, Inc.: 1.0 TCR = 31% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Velco Tool & Die, Inc. safety composite

Velco Tool & Die, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.1

2020→2022

Velco Tool & Die, Inc. injury rate improved

Velco Tool & Die, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.1 from 1.1 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 1.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=1.1 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Lake Forest, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 31% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #18/126
  • PHOTO Pro Products LLC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pro Products LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Velco Tool & Die, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Velco Tool & Die, Inc. averages 1.0 TCR (31% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Velco Tool & Die, Inc. TCR series: 2020=1.1 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Velco Tool & Die, Inc. falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 126 Machine shops employers in California.

Velco Tool & Die, Inc. (72 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 Velco Tool & Die, Inc.
Velco Tool & Die, Inc. (72 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Velco Tool & Die, Inc. has more employees than the Machine shops median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2020 1.1 1.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · CA · Lake Forest

1,821 Machine shops 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 Pro Products LLC 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR R&R Tool, Inc. Blanchester 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR DRT Aerospace- Agawam 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Machinery Services Group 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Monterey Pacific, LLC 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arts Ranch 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mellano & Company - Los Angeles Wholesale House 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greg Hooker dba Diamond H Dairy 72 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 30062 - Capstone Bek Okc 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Environmental Lab (2480 Maner Road SE) 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR International Paper Georgetown Container 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Perth Amboy Plant 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE National Security Consultants, Inc. 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5472-NAI-0034-0034-00821 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5472-NAI-0034-0034-02416 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store #626 72 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: 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.