Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing · Ohio

Ahner Fabricating & Sheet Metal, Inc

Sandusky, OH · ~31 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ahner Fabricating & Sheet Metal, Inc runs at 232% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Ahner Fabricating & Sheet Metal, Inc: 7.6 TCR = 232% of Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ahner Fabricating & Sheet Metal, Inc safety composite

Ahner Fabricating & Sheet Metal, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

TCR Δ

−14.6

2017→2023

Ahner Fabricating & Sheet Metal, Inc injury rate improved

Ahner Fabricating & Sheet Metal, Inc's TCR fell 14.6 from 14.6 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 16.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=14.6 · 2018=7.4 · 2019=6.3 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=16.1 · 2022=6.6 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Sandusky, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 232% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #78/90
  • PHOTO Fabri-Tech, Inc.
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fabri-Tech, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ahner Fabricating & Sheet Metal, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ahner Fabricating & Sheet Metal, Inc averages 7.6 TCR (232% of the Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ahner Fabricating & Sheet Metal, Inc TCR series: 2017=14.6 · 2018=7.4 · 2019=6.3 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=16.1 · 2022=6.6 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Ahner Fabricating & Sheet Metal, Inc falls in its industry

1,158 Air cowls, sheet metal (except establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #78 safest of 90 Air cowls, sheet metal (except employers in Ohio.

Ahner Fabricating & Sheet Metal, Inc (31 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ahner Fabricating & Sheet Metal, Inc
Ahner Fabricating & Sheet Metal, Inc (31 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Ahner Fabricating & Sheet Metal, Inc has fewer employees than the Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 6.6 3.3 2 0 0
2021 16.1 0.0 5 0 0
2020 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2019 6.3 3.1 2 0 0
2018 7.4 0.0 2 0 0
2017 14.6 3.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · OH · Sandusky

1,158 Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing 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 Fabri-Tech, Inc. 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Century Industries LLC 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Astro Sheet Metal Co., Inc. 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR BoMetals, inc. 7.7 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 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 Milcut Inc. 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR PVH Corp. 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Arden Courts of Allentown 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Valley Children S Hospital Cen 7.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hydradyne LLC 300 - Harvey 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Silgan Containers Hammond 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valley Sales of Hutchinson, Inc. 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Imagine Architectural Concrete 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.