Signs (except electrical) merchant wholesalers · Ohio

AKR

Akron, OH · ~67 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

AKR runs at 300% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Signs (except electrical) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

AKR: 6.6 TCR = 300% of Signs (except electrical) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

AKR safety composite

AKR scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

−4.0

2017→2024

AKR injury rate improved

AKR's TCR fell 4.0 from 8.9 in 2017 to 4.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.9 · 2018=8.2 · 2019=1.4 · 2021=5.3 · 2023=10.8 · 2024=4.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423990 · Akron, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.6 · 300% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK #19/24
  • PHOTO Olivet International…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~67 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Olivet International Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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AKR in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows AKR averages 6.6 TCR (300% of the Signs (except electrical) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

AKR TCR series: 2017=8.9 · 2018=8.2 · 2019=1.4 · 2021=5.3 · 2023=10.8 · 2024=4.9 · BLS 2.2

Where AKR falls in its industry

322 Signs (except electrical) merc establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 24 Signs (except electrical) merc employers in Ohio.

AKR (67 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate AKR
AKR (67 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.0

AKR has more employees than the Signs (except electrical) merchant whole median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 4.9 4.9 2 0 0
2023 10.8 10.8 4 0 0
2021 5.3 5.3 2 0 0
2019 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2018 8.2 7.3 9 0 0
2017 8.9 6.9 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423990 · OH · Akron

322 Signs (except electrical) merchant wholesalers 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 Olivet International Inc 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Idesco Corp. 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Micro Matic West 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wilson Finley Company 6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Losely 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Belmont Office and Svc Bldg 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Athens Office/Svc Ctr 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE RCS Construction 67 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 Merlo Construction Company, Inc. 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Food Stores 6516 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Walla Walla 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Superior Cam 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Charlotte East 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dedicated Ridgefield 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Peoria 10133 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE DEN 67 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, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.