Natural Gas Distribution · Ohio

978-NiSource-Middleburg Hgts OH-NE Op Ctr

Middleburg Hgts, OH · ~74 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

978-NiSource-Middleburg Hgts OH-NE Op Ctr runs at 191% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Natural Gas Distribution workplace, earning a grade D.

978-NiSource-Middleburg Hgts OH-NE Op Ctr: 2.3 TCR = 191% of Natural Gas Distribution BLS 1.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

978-NiSource-Middleburg Hgts OH-NE Op Ctr safety composite

978-NiSource-Middleburg Hgts OH-NE Op Ctr 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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%).

TCR Δ

−5.7

2016→2024

978-NiSource-Middleburg Hgts OH-NE Op Ctr injury rate improved

978-NiSource-Middleburg Hgts OH-NE Op Ctr's TCR fell 5.7 from 5.7 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.7 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=2.7 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Middleburg Hgts, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.3 · 191% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #36/57
  • PHOTO Graphic Components
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Graphic Components (0.0 TCR gap)

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978-NiSource-Middleburg Hgts OH-NE Op Ctr in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 978-NiSource-Middleburg Hgts OH-NE Op Ctr averages 2.3 TCR (191% of the Natural Gas Distribution BLS benchmark).

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

978-NiSource-Middleburg Hgts OH-NE Op Ctr TCR series: 2016=5.7 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.7 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.2

Where 978-NiSource-Middleburg Hgts OH-NE Op Ctr falls in its industry

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution establishments

Safer than 55% 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 #36 safest of 57 Natural Gas Distribution employers in Ohio.

978-NiSource-Middleburg Hgts OH-NE Op Ctr (74 employees, TCR 2.3) 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 978-NiSource-Middleburg Hgts OH-NE Op Ctr
978-NiSource-Middleburg Hgts OH-NE Op Ctr (74 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

978-NiSource-Middleburg Hgts OH-NE Op Ctr has more 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.9 1.5 2 0 0
2022 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2021 2.6 1.3 2 0 0
2020 2.5 2.5 1 1 0
2019 2.7 1.4 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.8 1.4 1 1 0
2016 5.7 4.3 2 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · OH · Middleburg Hgts

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 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 Graphic Components 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Enterprise Products (Texas NGL) 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vectren Corporation - Central Service Shop 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5111 BLUE FLAME LN SHERMAN TX 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE STgenetics-Ohio Heifer Center 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE kILBARGER Construction, Inc. 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Steubenville Service Building 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lima Service Center 74 FTE
NAT-TCR Trinity Logistics Group, Inc. #1182 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Schaefffler Group USA Inc. - Fort Mill 2 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR GENERAL TECHNOLOGIES - Seagoville 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Waterhout Headquarters 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Railroad/Posillico JV LLC 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gempler's Inc 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fareway Stores, Inc. 502 Cherokee 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Normandy Construction Co. Inc 74 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.