Buckets, excavating (e.g., clamshell, concrete, drag scraper, dragline, shovel), manufacturing · Ohio
ACS Industries Inc.
Kent, OH · ~86 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
ACS Industries Inc. runs at 184% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Buckets, excavating (e.g., clamshell, concrete, drag scraper, dragline, shovel), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
ACS Industries Inc.: 6.1 TCR = 184% of Buckets, excavating (e.g., clamshell, concrete, drag scraper, dragline, shovel), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
ACS Industries Inc. safety composite
ACS Industries Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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).
44/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.08 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.32 per 100 workers
Safer than 54% 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%).
Rising injury rate
ACS Industries Inc.: 2.2 → 2.6 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 12.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.22× in 2024
ACS Industries Inc.'s TCR rose 0.4 from 2.2 in 2016 to 2.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 12.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333120 · Kent, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 184% of ind
- DART 1.3 DART
- RANK #32/39
- PHOTO Vulcan Tools
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 30 inj
- SIZE ~86 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Vulcan Tools (0.0 TCR gap)
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ACS Industries Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
ACS Industries Inc.
6.1 TCR
- Vulcan Tools
Vulcan Tools
6.1 TCR
- CMI Roadbuildi
CMI Roadbuilding, Inc.
6.1 TCR
- Manitex, Inc.
Manitex, Inc.
6.1 TCR
- Viking Cives U
Viking Cives USA
6 TCR
What this shows ACS Industries Inc. averages 6.1 TCR (184% of the Buckets, excavating (e.g., clamshell, concrete, drag scraper, dragline, shovel), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
ACS Industries Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.2 · 2017=6.7 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=3.7 · 2022=12.4 · 2023=9 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 3.3
Where ACS Industries Inc. falls in its industry
400 Buckets, excavating (e.g., cla establishmentsSafer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 39 Buckets, excavating (e.g., cla employers in Ohio.
ACS Industries Inc. has fewer employees than the Buckets, excavating (e.g., clamshell, co median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9.0 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12.4 | 7.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333120 · OH · Kent
400 Buckets, excavating (e.g., clamshell, concrete, drag scraper, dragline, shovel), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 188 employers in Kent, 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 | Vulcan Tools | 6.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CMI Roadbuilding, Inc. | 6.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Manitex, Inc. | 6.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Viking Cives USA | 6.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Preferred Real Estate Investments Inc | 86 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Welty Building Company | 86 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Custom Agri Systems - Napoleon | 86 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 104157 - Timber Road IV Wind Farm | 86 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CARTER LUMBER CORPORATE OFFICE 600 | 786 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 3722 | 410 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 3722 | 396 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Podnar Plastics, Inc. | 324 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Full Circle Farming LLC | 6.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Membership | 6.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | AAA Concrete | 6.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sermavica LLC | 6.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Arclin Surfaces | 86 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Harris Beverages LLC | 86 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Northwest Hardwoods - Eugene | 86 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dutchland Foods | 86 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.