Alex Products, Inc, - Ridgeville Plant
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RIDGEVILLE CORNERS, OH | Automobile seat frames, metal, manufacturing
~481 avg employees | 3 years of OSHA data
Alex Products, Inc, - Ridgeville Plant has an average TCR of 5.9, which is 109% of the industry average (5.4) for Automobile seat frames, metal, manufacturing. This is worse than average.
Safety Insights for Alex Products, Inc, - Ridgeville Plant
Alex Products, Inc, - Ridgeville Plant operates an establishment with approximately 481 full-time equivalent workers in RIDGEVILLE CORNERS, OH, classified under the Automobile seat frames, metal, manufacturing industry (NAICS 336360). Across 3 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 97 recordable injuries, 0 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 5.9 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the C letter grade (Average Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 5.4 for Automobile seat frames, metal, manufacturing, Alex Products, Inc, - Ridgeville Plant's workforce experiences 109% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR above the benchmark flags a higher-than-typical risk profile for jobseekers, insurers, and enforcement agencies to examine.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 3 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Alex Products, Inc, - Ridgeville Plant as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Alex Products, Inc, - Ridgeville Plant's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 336360 — Automobile seat frames, metal, manufacturing.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2018)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
23 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 1,222,516 hours worked = 3.76 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Products, Inc, - Ridgeville Plant (this establishment) | 5.89 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Motor vehicle interior systems (e.g., headliners, panels, seats, trims) manufacturing industry avg | 5.40 | BLS IIF, NAICS 336360 |
| Ohio state avg (all industries) | 31.77 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Alex Products, Inc, - Ridgeville Plant to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2018: 39 reportable incidents · 39 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 37 reportable incidents · 37 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 21 reportable incidents · 21 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6.4 | 3.8 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.7 | 4.2 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
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