Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade · Ohio

American Quality Stripping, Inc.

Sandusky, OH · ~47 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

American Quality Stripping, Inc. runs at 123% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

American Quality Stripping, Inc.: 4.1 TCR = 123% of Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American Quality Stripping, Inc. safety composite

American Quality Stripping, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49%), 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−3.6

2017→2023

American Quality Stripping, Inc. injury rate improved

American Quality Stripping, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.6 from 3.6 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.6 · 2018=6.8 · 2019=7.4 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=2.7 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Sandusky, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 123% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #36/62
  • PHOTO KTI Austin
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: KTI Austin (0.0 TCR gap)

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American Quality Stripping, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows American Quality Stripping, Inc. averages 4.1 TCR (123% of the Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

American Quality Stripping, Inc. TCR series: 2017=3.6 · 2018=6.8 · 2019=7.4 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=2.7 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where American Quality Stripping, Inc. falls in its industry

585 Anodizing metals and metal pro establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #36 safest of 62 Anodizing metals and metal pro employers in Ohio.

American Quality Stripping, Inc. (47 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate American Quality Stripping, Inc.
American Quality Stripping, Inc. (47 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

American Quality Stripping, Inc. has fewer employees than the Anodizing metals and metal products for median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.7 1.3 2 0 0
2020 3.8 0.0 2 0 0
2019 7.4 0.0 4 0 0
2018 6.8 1.7 3 1 0
2017 3.6 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · OH · Sandusky

585 Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 101 employers in Sandusky, 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 KTI Austin 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marsh Plating Corporation 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valley Plating, Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valex Corp 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gerber Farm Division 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE MDP Acquisition LLC 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Potemkin Industries, Inc. 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE 259-NiSource-Springfield OH 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cedar Point 2,836 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ventra Sandusky 1,878 FTE
CITY-NEAR MAIN-FRMC1-MAIN CAMPUS 1,834 FTE
CITY-NEAR LMN Development 1,048 FTE
NAT-TCR Bells Plant 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Avondale, Az #00391 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 331 - Braddock Branch 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Kaw Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Grygla Public School 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Robert H. Finke & Sons Inc. 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fiber Energy Products 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southern Cal OCS* 47 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: 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.