Water softening equipment manufacturing · Ohio

A.O.Smith North America Corp

Groveport, OH · ~155 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

A.O.Smith North America Corp runs at 161% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Water softening equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

A.O.Smith North America Corp: 5.3 TCR = 161% of Water softening equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

A.O.Smith North America Corp safety composite

A.O.Smith North America Corp scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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).

F

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.8

2019→2021

A.O.Smith North America Corp injury rate improved

A.O.Smith North America Corp's TCR fell 6.8 from 9.4 in 2019 to 2.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 9.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=9.4 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333318 · Groveport, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 161% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #21/24
  • PHOTO Alliance Laundry Sys…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~155 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Alliance Laundry Systems - Genuine Parts (0.0 TCR gap)

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A.O.Smith North America Corp in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows A.O.Smith North America Corp averages 5.3 TCR (161% of the Water softening equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

A.O.Smith North America Corp TCR series: 2019=9.4 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=2.6 · BLS 3.3

Where A.O.Smith North America Corp falls in its industry

361 Water softening equipment manu establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 24 Water softening equipment manu employers in Ohio.

A.O.Smith North America Corp (155 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate A.O.Smith North America Corp
A.O.Smith North America Corp (155 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 2.7

A.O.Smith North America Corp has more employees than the Water softening equipment manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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
2021 2.6 2.6 5 0 0
2020 3.9 2.8 7 0 0
2019 9.4 4.0 14 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333318 · OH · Groveport

361 Water softening equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 135 employers in Groveport, 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 Alliance Laundry Systems - Genuine Parts 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR CNY Fabrication LLC 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Wittern Group 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR CHICAGO DRYER CO 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Beacon Electric 155 FTE
STATE-SIZE Zanesville (3005 East Pointe Drive) OH Plant 155 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4345 Cincinnati Container 155 FTE
STATE-SIZE Toppan Merrill LLC Grove City 155 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ohio Fulfillment Center (OFC) 1,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 9475 992 FTE
CITY-NEAR Columbus 859 FTE
CITY-NEAR RICART AUTOMOTIVE PERSONNEL INC 737 FTE
NAT-TCR Climate Pros-Brooklyn Park 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 1855-ININD57 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 422-DC015 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Willow Creek Women's Hospital 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Neuromuscular Specialty Center 155 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Binghamton Univ-Collegiate Ctr 155 FTE
NAT-SIZE MIA-SAFS 155 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ocean Springs Health and Rehabiltiation Center 155 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.