Insulated wire or cable, copper, made in integrated secondary smelting and wire drawing plants · Ohio
American Wire and Cable Co
Olmsted Twp, OH · ~65 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
American Wire and Cable Co runs at 137% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Insulated wire or cable, copper, made in integrated secondary smelting and wire drawing plants workplace, earning a grade D.
American Wire and Cable Co: 4.5 TCR = 137% of Insulated wire or cable, copper, made in integrated secondary smelting and wire drawing plants BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
American Wire and Cable Co safety composite
American Wire and Cable Co scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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).
33/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.51 per 100 workers
Safer than 40% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.82 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% 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%).
Rising injury rate
American Wire and Cable Co: 1.5 → 5.8 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 9.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.29× in 2024
American Wire and Cable Co's TCR rose 4.3 from 1.5 in 2019 to 5.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331420 · Olmsted Twp, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 137% of ind
- DART 5.8 DART
- RANK #7/16
- PHOTO Trystar Faribault
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~65 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Trystar Faribault (0.0 TCR gap)
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American Wire and Cable Co in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Copperweld Bim
Copperweld Bimetallics LLC - East Park
4.6 TCR
- This site
American Wire and Cable Co
4.5 TCR
- Trystar Fariba
Trystar Faribault
4.5 TCR
- WIRE AND CABLE
WIRE AND CABLE
4.4 TCR
- International
International Wire - OWI
4.4 TCR
What this shows American Wire and Cable Co averages 4.5 TCR (137% of the Insulated wire or cable, copper, made in integrated secondary smelting and wire drawing plants BLS benchmark).
American Wire and Cable Co TCR series: 2019=1.5 · 2020=4.7 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=9.7 · 2023=4 · 2024=5.8 · BLS 3.3
Where American Wire and Cable Co falls in its industry
198 Insulated wire or cable, coppe establishmentsSafer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 16 Insulated wire or cable, coppe employers in Ohio.
American Wire and Cable Co has fewer employees than the Insulated wire or cable, copper, made in median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9.7 | 3.2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331420 · OH · Olmsted Twp
198 Insulated wire or cable, copper, made in integrated secondary smelting and wire drawing plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 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 | Trystar Faribault | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Copperweld Bimetallics LLC - East Park | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | WIRE AND CABLE | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | International Wire - OWI | 4.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Steubenville Svc Bldg | 65 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lima Svc Ctr | 65 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Athens Office/Service Center | 65 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Douglas Company, (Inc.) | 65 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | USG Interiors Red Wing | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | S04068 - Atascocita Landfill | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | S04213 - WM of Wenatchee | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Shop Rite of Union | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Mt. Pleasant Tannery | 65 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Telfair Forest Products | 65 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Keats Southwest | 65 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Crown Nursery | 65 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.