Automobile hardware, metal, manufacturing · Indiana

Velko Hinge Inc.

Name: Velko Hinge Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Munster, IN · ~23 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Velko Hinge Inc. runs at 199% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Automobile hardware, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Velko Hinge Inc.: 6.6 TCR = 199% of Automobile hardware, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Velko Hinge Inc. safety composite

Velko Hinge Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

−5.4

2017→2020

Velko Hinge Inc. injury rate improved

Velko Hinge Inc.'s TCR fell 5.4 from 10.4 in 2017 to 5.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.4 · 2018=4.3 · 2020=5.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332510 · Munster, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.6 · 199% of ind

DART 5.0 DART
RANK #6/6
PHOTO Hercules Industries,…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hercules Industries, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.7
411 Austin Roa

6.7
This site

6.6
Hercules Indus

6.6
Colson Saint J

6.6

What this shows Velko Hinge Inc. averages 6.6 TCR (199% of the Automobile hardware, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Velko Hinge Inc. TCR series: 2017=10.4 · 2018=4.3 · 2020=5 · BLS 3.3

Where Velko Hinge Inc. falls in its industry

189 Automobile hardware, metal, ma establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Automobile hardware, metal, ma employers in Indiana.

Velko Hinge Inc. (23 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Velko Hinge Inc. has fewer employees than the Automobile hardware, metal, manufacturin median and a higher 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
2020	5.0	5.0	1
2018	4.3	0.0	1
2017	10.4	10.4	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332510 · IN · Munster

189 Automobile hardware, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 40 employers in Munster, 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	Hercules Industries, Inc	PROSPECT, OH	6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Colson Saint Joseph	ST. JOSEPH, MI	6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SMC	FERNDALE, WA	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	411 Austin Road	WATERBURY, CT	6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Prairie's Edge Farming Company	DEMOTTE	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pineywoods Farm	NORTH MANCHESTER	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hatchery	SEYMOUR	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Greensburg	GREENSBURG	23 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Community Hospital	Munster	2,969 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Community Foundation INC.	Munster	856 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Community Care Network, Inc.	Munster	756 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Franciscan Physician Network Munster	Munster	752 FTE
NAT-TCR	Animal Shelter	Palmer, AK	6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Charlotte, NC - Renal Distr.	Charlotte, NC	6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Reasors16	Tulsa, OK	6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Shorewood	Shorewood, IL	6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Smithfield Direct - Pittsburgh	Warrendale, PA	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Smithfield Direct- New Orleans	Independence, LA	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hulett Environmental Services, Inc. - Broward office	Lauderhill, FL	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	San Clemente Cove Vacation Owners Assn.	San Clemente, CA	23 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: 2020, 2018, 2017. 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.