Gears, power transmission (except aircraft, motor vehicle), manufacturing · Ohio
Akron Gear & Engineering, Inc.
Akron, OH · ~21 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Akron Gear & Engineering, Inc. runs at 338% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Gears, power transmission (except aircraft, motor vehicle), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Akron Gear & Engineering, Inc.: 11.2 TCR = 338% of Gears, power transmission (except aircraft, motor vehicle), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Akron Gear & Engineering, Inc. safety composite
Akron Gear & Engineering, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).
20/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 11.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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
−3.1
2016→2024
Akron Gear & Engineering, Inc. injury rate improved
Akron Gear & Engineering, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.1 from 14.9 in 2016 to 11.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 16.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=14.9 · 2017=15.0 · 2018=9.7 · 2019=8.0 · 2020=16.3 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=14.8 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=11.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333612 · Akron, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 11.2 · 338% of ind
- DART 4.0 DART
- RANK #10/10
- PHOTO TEAM Industries Audu…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 22 inj
- SIZE ~21 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: TEAM Industries Audubon (0.2 TCR gap)
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Akron Gear & Engineering, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- POWER ENGINEER
POWER ENGINEERING & MFG LTD
12.3 TCR
- This site
Akron Gear & Engineering, Inc.
11.2 TCR
- TEAM Industrie
TEAM Industries Audubon
11 TCR
- Great Lakes In
Great Lakes Industry, Inc.
10.4 TCR
- Gear Motions
Gear Motions
10.2 TCR
What this shows Akron Gear & Engineering, Inc. averages 11.2 TCR (338% of the Gears, power transmission (except aircraft, motor vehicle), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Akron Gear & Engineering, Inc. TCR series: 2016=14.9 · 2017=15 · 2018=9.7 · 2019=8 · 2020=16.3 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=14.8 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=11.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Akron Gear & Engineering, Inc. falls in its industry
106 Gears, power transmission (exc establishmentsSafer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 10 Gears, power transmission (exc employers in Ohio.
Akron Gear & Engineering, Inc. has fewer employees than the Gears, power transmission (except aircra median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 | 11.9 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14.8 | 4.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 16.3 | 4.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9.7 | 4.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 15.0 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 14.9 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333612 · OH · Akron
106 Gears, power transmission (except aircraft, motor vehicle), manufacturing 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 | TEAM Industries Audubon | 11.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Great Lakes Industry, Inc. | 10.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gear Motions | 10.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | POWER ENGINEERING & MFG LTD | 12.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Grand Republic | 21 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hog and Maintenance | 21 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Case Farms Hatchery | 21 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Case Farms winesburg hatchery | 21 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 | Enlightened Equipment | 11.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | International Turbine Industries | 11.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Amazon.com Services LLC - DKO1 | 11.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gsp-Ground Ops | 11.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Drake, Inc | 21 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Waukesha Health Systems | 21 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hasbrook | 21 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hampton Inn Lonetree | 21 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.