Aerosol valves manufacturing · Ohio

Akron Brass

Wooster, OH · ~229 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Akron Brass runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Aerosol valves manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Akron Brass: 2.2 TCR = 66% of Aerosol valves manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Akron Brass safety composite

Akron Brass scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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%).

Akron Brass held a steady TCR band

Akron Brass's TCR held near 0.3 from 2.6 in 2017 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.6 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=0.5 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=2.0 · 2022=3.0 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332919 · Wooster, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 66% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #6/10
  • PHOTO C. Cowles & Company
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~229 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: C. Cowles & Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Akron Brass in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Akron Brass averages 2.2 TCR (66% of the Aerosol valves manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Akron Brass TCR series: 2017=2.6 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=0.5 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=2 · 2022=3 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Akron Brass falls in its industry

100 Aerosol valves manufacturing establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 10 Aerosol valves manufacturing employers in Ohio.

Akron Brass (229 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Akron Brass
Akron Brass (229 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Akron Brass has more employees than the Aerosol valves manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 2.9 2.4 6 0 0
2023 1.4 0.0 3 0 0
2022 3.0 2.0 6 0 0
2021 2.0 0.5 4 0 0
2020 1.5 0.5 3 0 0
2019 0.5 0.5 1 0 0
2018 3.6 3.2 8 1 0
2017 2.6 0.7 3 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332919 · OH · Wooster

100 Aerosol valves manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 133 employers in Wooster, 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 C. Cowles & Company 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Weldbend Corporation 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dixon Specialty Products 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conbraco Industries - Pearl Street 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Aromair Fine Fragrance 229 FTE
STATE-SIZE Freeman-Batavia 229 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sur-Seal - Main 229 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1289 229 FTE
CITY-NEAR Scaheffler Transmissions LLC 1,907 FTE
CITY-NEAR LuK USA LLC 1,814 FTE
CITY-NEAR Schaeffler Transmission LLC 1,662 FTE
CITY-NEAR College of Wooster 771 FTE
NAT-TCR D'Agostino #518 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR GFP Ethanol LLC 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Thermalex, Inc. 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Steam Power : GSC - Repairs RE - Atlanta,GA 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE NHC Cool Springs 229 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1929 - South Plainfield 229 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1378 - Ocean Township 229 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2260 - Apple Valley North 229 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. 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.