Vending Machine Operators · Ohio

Akron Oh Branch

Akron, OH · ~52 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.5
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Akron Oh Branch runs at 191% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Vending Machine Operators workplace, earning a grade D.

Akron Oh Branch: 6.5 TCR = 191% of Vending Machine Operators BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Akron Oh Branch safety composite

Akron Oh Branch scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 6.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Akron Oh Branch: 4.7 → 10.9 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 13.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.12× in 2024

Akron Oh Branch's TCR rose 6.2 from 4.7 in 2016 to 10.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 13.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 454210 · Akron, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 191% of ind

  • DART 7.2 DART
  • RANK #17/27
  • PHOTO Accent Food Services…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Accent Food Services Reno (0.0 TCR gap)

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Akron Oh Branch in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Akron Oh Branch averages 6.5 TCR (191% of the Vending Machine Operators BLS benchmark).

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

Akron Oh Branch TCR series: 2016=4.7 · 2017=6.7 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=6 · 2021=13.1 · 2022=11 · 2023=3.9 · 2024=10.9 · BLS 3.4

Where Akron Oh Branch falls in its industry

311 Vending Machine Operators establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 27 Vending Machine Operators employers in Ohio.

Akron Oh Branch (52 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 7.1 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 0100200300 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Akron Oh Branch
Akron Oh Branch (52 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 7.1

Akron Oh Branch has more employees than the Vending Machine Operators median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.1. 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 10.9 7.2 6 0 0
2023 3.9 3.9 2 0 0
2022 11.0 4.4 5 0 0
2021 13.1 13.1 5 0 0
2020 6.0 3.0 2 0 0
2019 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 6.7 2.2 3 0 0
2016 4.7 4.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

454210 · OH · Akron

311 Vending Machine Operators 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 Accent Food Services Reno 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR AFBT Services Baltimore 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR HIGH POINT MARKET 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR JAMESTOWN, NY BRANCH 6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Massillon 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Power Home Solar Columbus 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hartwell 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Daimler Group 52 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 Dixie Electric Cooperative - Union Springs Location 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Delgado Stone Distributors 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Saratoga Casino Hotel 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR OR-Sherwood 6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Phoenix Houses of California. Inc. 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Logistics Applications Inc. 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Towne 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE 70112 Capstone Md Sp Hickory Nc 52 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, 2016. 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.