Research and Development · Ohio

Akron Research

Akron, OH · ~51 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Akron Research runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Research and Development workplace, earning a grade B.

Akron Research: 2.0 TCR = 59% of Research and Development BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Akron Research safety composite

Akron Research scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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).

C

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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 Research: 1.7 → 4.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.14× in 2024

Akron Research's TCR rose 2.8 from 1.7 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326211 · Akron, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 59% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #4/17
  • PHOTO Akron Test Center an…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Akron Test Center and Engineering Technology Simulator Lab (0.1 TCR gap)

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Akron Research in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Akron Research averages 2.0 TCR (59% of the Research and Development BLS benchmark).

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

Akron Research TCR series: 2016=1.7 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=2 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Akron Research falls in its industry

114 Research and Development establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 17 Research and Development employers in Ohio.

Akron Research (51 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 393 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Akron Research
Akron Research (51 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 393 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Akron Research has fewer employees than the Research and Development median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 4.5 2.2 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2019 4.1 2.0 2 0 0
2018 3.5 0.0 1 1 0
2017 1.8 0.0 1 0 0
2016 1.7 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326211 · OH · Akron

114 Research and Development 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 Akron Test Center and Engineering Technology Simulator Lab 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Des Moines (BAMG) 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi, LLC 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Akron Test Center Engineering Test Labs 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Portsmouth Service Center 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE National Gas & Oil 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE 922-NiSource-Zanesville OH-Muskingum Op Ctr 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE GEM Industrial Inc. - Potash PCS 51 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 Construction 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Palm Bay RPC 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR IHG Army Hotels - Fort Buchanan (Holiday Inn Express/Army Lodging) 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Elgin Recycling Electronics Warehouse 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Corporate Office- Karns Quality Foods 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Med Express - State 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tec Foods Inc. 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Public Works 51 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.