Freight Trucking LTL · Ohio

Ak Akron

Akron, OH · ~179 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ak Akron runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Freight Trucking LTL workplace, earning a grade D.

Ak Akron: 5.8 TCR = 129% of Freight Trucking LTL BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ak Akron safety composite

Ak Akron scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Ak Akron: 3.1 → 8.6 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 8.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.16× in 2018

Ak Akron's TCR rose 5.5 from 3.1 in 2016 to 8.6 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Akron, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 129% of ind

  • DART 6.7 DART
  • RANK #97/146
  • PHOTO GREENSBORO GBO
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~179 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GREENSBORO GBO (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ak Akron in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ak Akron averages 5.8 TCR (129% of the Freight Trucking LTL BLS benchmark).

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

Ak Akron TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2018=8.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Ak Akron falls in its industry

3,020 Freight Trucking LTL establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #97 safest of 146 Freight Trucking LTL employers in Ohio.

Ak Akron (179 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ak Akron
Ak Akron (179 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Ak Akron has more employees than the Freight Trucking LTL median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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
2018 8.6 6.7 14 0 0
2016 3.1 2.5 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · OH · Akron

3,020 Freight Trucking LTL employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 512 employers in Akron, 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 GREENSBORO GBO 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chicago Heights IL FXFE-CGT 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6284-YR-896 YT 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ZF CAROLINA DZC 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gavin Plant 179 FTE
STATE-SIZE Taylor Comms Coldwater - 0220-OHCO1 179 FTE
STATE-SIZE VECTRA, INC - 0206 179 FTE
STATE-SIZE GOJO Industries, Inc. - Navarre 179 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron 6,746 FTE
CITY-NEAR Akron Children's Hospital 6,060 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summa Health - Akron City 4,801 FTE
CITY-NEAR Akron General Medical Center 4,176 FTE
NAT-TCR Penske : 5094-00 Wilcox Farms/Roy, WA 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 4818-48180021-4377 112th St-Wc 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Cinfinity Ksc (Flksc0) 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Jacksonville (W97) 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Las Vegas Boulevard - Resort 179 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jasper Ventures Inc 179 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4818-48180052-939 W. Point Des Mouton Rd-Wc 179 FTE
NAT-SIZE H&P IDC - Construction 179 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: 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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