Brake pads and shoes, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · Ohio
American Friction Technologies
Garfield Heights, OH · ~67 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.7
- Avg TCR
- 5.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
American Friction Technologies runs at 13% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Brake pads and shoes, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
American Friction Technologies: 0.7 TCR = 13% of Brake pads and shoes, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
American Friction Technologies safety composite
American Friction Technologies scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).
65/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.72 per 100 workers
Safer than 91% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.51 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% 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
American Friction Technologies: 0.0 → 1.5 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 1.8 TCR · DART/TCR 2.1× in 2024
American Friction Technologies's TCR rose 1.5 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 1.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 2.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336340 · Garfield Heights, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 13% of ind
- DART 1.5 DART
- RANK #5/22
- PHOTO Wilwood Engineering
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~67 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Wilwood Engineering (0.0 TCR gap)
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American Friction Technologies in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- CNJ LLC USA
CNJ LLC USA
0.8 TCR
- Federal-Mogul
Federal-Mogul Motorparts
0.8 TCR
- This site
American Friction Technologies
0.7 TCR
- Wilwood Engine
Wilwood Engineering
0.7 TCR
- Bendix Commerc
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC -Huntington
0.6 TCR
What this shows American Friction Technologies averages 0.7 TCR (13% of the Brake pads and shoes, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
American Friction Technologies TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 5.4
Where American Friction Technologies falls in its industry
133 Brake pads and shoes, automoti establishmentsSafer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 22 Brake pads and shoes, automoti employers in Ohio.
American Friction Technologies has fewer employees than the Brake pads and shoes, automotive, truck, 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 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336340 · OH · Garfield Heights
133 Brake pads and shoes, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 31 employers in Garfield Heights, 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 | Wilwood Engineering | 0.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC -Huntington | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CNJ LLC USA | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Federal-Mogul Motorparts | 0.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Losely | 67 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Belmont Office and Svc Bldg | 67 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Athens Office/Svc Ctr | 67 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | RCS Construction | 67 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Corporate Annex - Cleveland | 1,691 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Expedite | 1,686 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Jennings | 394 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Maxim Healthcare - Cleveland 774 | 314 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Seffner Clearence Center - #901 | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pasadena Catalyst | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Franklin 50 | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | FoodTown #209 | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | World Wide Sign Systems Inc. | 67 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Crown Lift Trucks New Jersey | 67 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Burt Lumber | 67 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Best Way Disposal Inc., Kalamazoo | 67 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.