Natural Gas Distribution · Ohio

469-NiSource-Northwood OH-Toledo East Mod

Northwood, OH · ~31 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

469-NiSource-Northwood OH-Toledo East Mod runs at 123% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Natural Gas Distribution workplace, earning a grade D.

469-NiSource-Northwood OH-Toledo East Mod: 1.5 TCR = 123% of Natural Gas Distribution BLS 1.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

469-NiSource-Northwood OH-Toledo East Mod safety composite

469-NiSource-Northwood OH-Toledo East Mod scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

Rising injury rate

469-NiSource-Northwood OH-Toledo East Mod: 2.4 → 3.7 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 3.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

469-NiSource-Northwood OH-Toledo East Mod's TCR rose 1.3 from 2.4 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Northwood, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 1.5 · 123% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #25/57
  • PHOTO PITTSBURG SC
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PITTSBURG SC (0.0 TCR gap)

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469-NiSource-Northwood OH-Toledo East Mod in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 469-NiSource-Northwood OH-Toledo East Mod averages 1.5 TCR (123% of the Natural Gas Distribution BLS benchmark).

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

469-NiSource-Northwood OH-Toledo East Mod TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2017=0 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 1.2

Where 469-NiSource-Northwood OH-Toledo East Mod falls in its industry

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 57 Natural Gas Distribution employers in Ohio.

469-NiSource-Northwood OH-Toledo East Mod (31 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 469-NiSource-Northwood OH-Toledo East Mod
469-NiSource-Northwood OH-Toledo East Mod (31 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

469-NiSource-Northwood OH-Toledo East Mod has fewer employees than the Natural Gas Distribution median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 3.7 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 2.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · OH · Northwood

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 46 employers in Northwood, 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 PITTSBURG SC 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orlando Operations Center 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1308 W MAIN ST TUPELO MS 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CEDAR CITY 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Farm 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pine Valley Ranch 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trillium Farms Layer 5 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trillium Farms Croton Pullet 3 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Norplas Industries 1,180 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buckeye Broadband 685 FTE
CITY-NEAR Adient Northwood Ohio 504 FTE
CITY-NEAR Adient LLC 447 FTE
NAT-TCR Darlington IGA #637 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Louisiana MO 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Fareway Stores, Inc. 925 Altoona 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Gardner Builders Companies, LLC 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Paul Martin Tile Inc. 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Celes King III Swimming Pool 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cheviot Hills District Maint. 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hercules Custom Iron, LLC 31 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.