Machine bases, metal, manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Viking Tool & Gage, Inc.

Conneaut Lake, PA · ~147 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Viking Tool & Gage, Inc. runs at 194% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Machine bases, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Viking Tool & Gage, Inc.: 6.4 TCR = 194% of Machine bases, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Viking Tool & Gage, Inc. safety composite

Viking Tool & Gage, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−2.8

2016→2022

Viking Tool & Gage, Inc. injury rate improved

Viking Tool & Gage, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.8 from 7.9 in 2016 to 5.1 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.9 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=8.0 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=5.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332999 · Conneaut Lake, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.4 · 194% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #37/52
  • PHOTO pewag Traction Chain
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 53 inj
  • SIZE ~147 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: pewag Traction Chain (0.0 TCR gap)

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Viking Tool & Gage, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Viking Tool & Gage, Inc. averages 6.4 TCR (194% of the Machine bases, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Viking Tool & Gage, Inc. TCR series: 2016=7.9 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=8 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=5.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Viking Tool & Gage, Inc. falls in its industry

827 Machine bases, metal, manufact establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 52 Machine bases, metal, manufact employers in Pennsylvania.

Viking Tool & Gage, Inc. (147 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Viking Tool & Gage, Inc.
Viking Tool & Gage, Inc. (147 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Viking Tool & Gage, Inc. has more employees than the Machine bases, metal, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 5.1 0.0 6 0 0
2021 6.7 2.5 8 0 0
2020 2.5 1.7 3 0 0
2019 8.0 3.4 12 2 0
2018 8.1 4.6 14 0 0
2016 7.9 0.7 10 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332999 · PA · Conneaut Lake

827 Machine bases, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 6 employers in Conneaut Lake, PA · 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 pewag Traction Chain 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR MANOR TOOL & MFG COMPANY 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Precision Marshall Steel 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cascade Pattern 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lady Farms Inc, Pennsylvania 147 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mill Hall 147 FTE
STATE-SIZE Danella Construction Corporation of Pennsylvania 147 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cavan 147 FTE
CITY-NEAR AC - School Services Inc 164 FTE
CITY-NEAR Viking Tool And Gage Inc 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR AC-School Services, Inc 101 FTE
CITY-NEAR EXCALIBUR CONNEAUT LAKE 31 FTE
NAT-TCR 351 - Arnold 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR EMCO ---- Bladensburg 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Stop & Shop 102817 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Stop & Shop 0489 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Asenzya Inc. 147 FTE
NAT-SIZE LAS-ODFL 147 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lunds & Byerlys, Burnsville 147 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marshalltown Main 147 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, 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.