Natural Gas Distribution · Ohio

Akron Wilbeth Shop

Akron, OH · ~130 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Akron Wilbeth Shop runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Natural Gas Distribution workplace, earning a grade D.

Akron Wilbeth Shop: 1.9 TCR = 155% of Natural Gas Distribution BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Akron Wilbeth Shop safety composite

Akron Wilbeth Shop scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Akron Wilbeth Shop: 0.0 → 3.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.51× in 2024

Akron Wilbeth Shop's TCR rose 3.7 from 0.0 in 2017 to 3.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Akron, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 1.9 · 155% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #30/57
  • PHOTO Macomb SC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~130 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Macomb SC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Akron Wilbeth Shop in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Akron Wilbeth Shop averages 1.9 TCR (155% of the Natural Gas Distribution BLS benchmark).

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

Akron Wilbeth Shop TCR series: 2017=0 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 1.2

Where Akron Wilbeth Shop falls in its industry

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 57 Natural Gas Distribution employers in Ohio.

Akron Wilbeth Shop (130 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Akron Wilbeth Shop
Akron Wilbeth Shop (130 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Akron Wilbeth Shop has more employees than the Natural Gas Distribution median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 3.7 2.8 4 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · OH · Akron

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution 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 Macomb SC 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Anniston Operations Center 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sioux Falls Service Center 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Santa Maria Base - Bld: 0433 - 15 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eastlake 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE Welty Building Company Shared Services 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hammond Construction, Inc. 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE Airtron Dayton 130 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 Lubbock,TX - 409 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Anderson Asheville, LLC 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR The Andersons Inc. - Montgomery 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Pratt Paper (KY), LLC. 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE ZEKS Compressed Air Solutions 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE Venture Mechanical Inc. 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE Birchcrest Tree & Landscape, LLC 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pride Plating 130 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, 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.