Discount Department Stores · Ohio

2351 - Amherst

Amherst, OH · ~123 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

2351 - Amherst runs at 149% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade D.

2351 - Amherst: 5.1 TCR = 149% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

2351 - Amherst safety composite

2351 - Amherst scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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%).

2351 - Amherst held a steady TCR band

2351 - Amherst's TCR held near 0.0 from 1.4 in 2019 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 14.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.4 · 2021=14.4 · 2022=6.6 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 149% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #72/111
  • PHOTO 1135 - Oxford Valley
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~123 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1135 - Oxford Valley (0.0 TCR gap)

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2351 - Amherst in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 2351 - Amherst averages 5.1 TCR (149% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).

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

2351 - Amherst TCR series: 2019=1.4 · 2021=14.4 · 2022=6.6 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 3.4

Where 2351 - Amherst falls in its industry

4,991 Discount Department Stores establishments

Safer than 43% 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 #72 safest of 111 Discount Department Stores employers in Ohio.

2351 - Amherst (123 employees, TCR 5.1) 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 2351 - Amherst
2351 - Amherst (123 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

2351 - Amherst 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 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2023 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2022 6.6 6.6 0 5 0
2021 14.4 10.5 3 8 0
2019 1.4 1.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · OH · Amherst

4,991 Discount Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 19 employers in Amherst, 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 1135 - Oxford Valley 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1513 - Louisville Jefferson Pavilion 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0622 - Toledo Alexis Road 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3287 - Medford MA 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Buckeye Relief 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE Strawser Central Construction Supervision 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oglesby Construction - Ohio 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corporate Office 123 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amherst Plant 572 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amherst ICS 371 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amh 555 279 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amh-300 177 FTE
NAT-TCR 1513 - Louisville Jefferson Pavilion 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 1135 - Oxford Valley 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Road to Responsibility Inc 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Duke University Hospital Medic 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE 1522 - Red Wing 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0888 - Victoria 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fort Pierce 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0757 - Owensboro 123 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.