Tire Manufacturing and Testing · Ohio

Akron Test Center Engineering Test Labs

Akron, OH · ~58 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Akron Test Center Engineering Test Labs runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Tire Manufacturing and Testing workplace, earning a grade B.

Akron Test Center Engineering Test Labs: 2.1 TCR = 65% of Tire Manufacturing and Testing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Akron Test Center Engineering Test Labs safety composite

Akron Test Center Engineering Test Labs scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.1

2019→2022

Akron Test Center Engineering Test Labs injury rate improved

Akron Test Center Engineering Test Labs's TCR fell 1.1 from 3.1 in 2019 to 1.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.1 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 65% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #6/17
  • PHOTO Yokohama Tire Manufa…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Akron Test Center Engineering Test Labs in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Akron Test Center Engineering Test Labs averages 2.1 TCR (65% of the Tire Manufacturing and Testing BLS benchmark).

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

Akron Test Center Engineering Test Labs TCR series: 2019=3.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Akron Test Center Engineering Test Labs falls in its industry

114 Tire Manufacturing and Testing establishments

Safer than 70% 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 #6 safest of 17 Tire Manufacturing and Testing employers in Ohio.

Akron Test Center Engineering Test Labs (58 employees, TCR 2.1) 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 Test Center Engineering Test Labs
Akron Test Center Engineering Test Labs (58 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 393 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Akron Test Center Engineering Test Labs has fewer employees than the Tire Manufacturing and Testing 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
2022 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2021 3.5 0.0 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.1 1.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326211 · OH · Akron

114 Tire Manufacturing and Testing 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 Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi, LLC 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wilson (BAMG) 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Carlstar Group,LLc 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Akron Test Center and Engineering Technology Simulator Lab 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Spring Meadow Farms 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aspire Energy 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE K. Hovnanian Companies, LLC - N Ohio 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE DCY 58 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 Sysmex America, Inc. - CFL 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Wheelabrator Baltimore, L.P. 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Bright Future Electric - Sarasota 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Westfield (formerly Prolamina/Jen-Coat) 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE KLS WP Orlando 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thelin Recycling 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE BRR Refrigeration HVAC LLC 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Triple B Cleaning, Inc. 58 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.