Viscosimeters, industrial process-type, manufacturing · Ohio

ARKU, Inc.

Cincinnati, OH · ~23 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ARKU, Inc. runs at 1% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Viscosimeters, industrial process-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

ARKU, Inc.: 0.0 TCR = 1% of Viscosimeters, industrial process-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ARKU, Inc. safety composite

ARKU, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 99% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

ARKU, Inc. held a steady TCR band

ARKU, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 0.1 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 0.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=0.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334513 · Cincinnati, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.0 · 1% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/18
  • PHOTO MYRON L COMPANY
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MYRON L COMPANY (0.0 TCR gap)

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ARKU, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ARKU, Inc. averages 0.0 TCR (1% of the Viscosimeters, industrial process-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

ARKU, Inc. TCR series: 2023=0.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where ARKU, Inc. falls in its industry

322 Viscosimeters, industrial proc establishments

Safer than 99% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 18 Viscosimeters, industrial proc employers in Ohio.

ARKU, Inc. (23 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 96 employees and a TCR of 1.3 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate ARKU, Inc.
ARKU, Inc. (23 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 96 employees and a TCR of 1.3

ARKU, Inc. has fewer employees than the Viscosimeters, industrial process-type, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.3. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334513 · OH · Cincinnati

322 Viscosimeters, industrial process-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,513 employers in Cincinnati, 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 MYRON L COMPANY 0.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR VEGA AMERICAS INC. 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2967-PA28 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sales Center-US 0.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE MID EAST PRODUCTION LLC 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schlessman Seed Co 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lake County Nursery 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE LCN Holdings Inc dba Lake County Nursery 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center 17,011 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cincinnati Operations 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain : Evendale, OH 7,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain Evendale OH 6,400 FTE
NAT-TCR Entergy Corporate Bldg. 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Murray 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lincolnshire 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Philips NAM CX Cambridge MA 0.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bishopville 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE WC of E.KY Pulaski County 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sonesta ES Suites San Jose Airport 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sonesta ES Suites Somerset 23 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: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.