Discount Department Stores · Ohio

2159 - Sandusky

Sandusky, OH · ~152 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

2159 - Sandusky runs at 175% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade D.

2159 - Sandusky: 6.0 TCR = 175% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

2159 - Sandusky safety composite

2159 - Sandusky scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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 5.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

2159 - Sandusky held a steady TCR band

2159 - Sandusky's TCR held near 0.3 from 1.6 in 2019 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 16.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.6 · 2021=16.8 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Sandusky, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 175% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #85/111
  • PHOTO 1204 - San Antonio NE
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~152 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1204 - San Antonio NE (0.0 TCR gap)

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2159 - Sandusky in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 2159 - Sandusky averages 6.0 TCR (175% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).

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

2159 - Sandusky TCR series: 2019=1.6 · 2021=16.8 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 3.4

Where 2159 - Sandusky falls in its industry

4,991 Discount Department Stores establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #85 safest of 111 Discount Department Stores employers in Ohio.

2159 - Sandusky (152 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 2159 - Sandusky
2159 - Sandusky (152 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

2159 - Sandusky has more employees than the Discount Department Stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 1.3 0.0 1 0 0
2023 2.3 2.3 2 0 0
2022 7.7 7.7 0 6 0
2021 16.8 9.1 5 8 0
2019 1.6 1.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · OH · Sandusky

4,991 Discount Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 101 employers in Sandusky, OH · 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 1204 - San Antonio NE 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1916 - North Haven 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Houma Dirt Cheap 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1372 - Thornton 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE HGC Construction Co. 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE Henry Gurtzweiler Inc 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ohio Valley Electrical Services 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Brewing Co. - OHC 152 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cedar Point 2,836 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ventra Sandusky 1,878 FTE
CITY-NEAR MAIN-FRMC1-MAIN CAMPUS 1,834 FTE
CITY-NEAR LMN Development 1,048 FTE
NAT-TCR 1916 - North Haven 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 1204 - San Antonio NE 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR JPMS - Santa Clarita, CA 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Middlesex School 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2363 - Fort Myers SW 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1816 - El Centro 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2739 - Lawton 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1460 - Homewood 152 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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019. 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.