Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing · Ohio

Ashland, Ohio

Ashland, OH · ~44 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ashland, Ohio runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Ashland, Ohio: 2.8 TCR = 85% of Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ashland, Ohio safety composite

Ashland, Ohio scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

Ashland, Ohio: 0.0 → 9.3 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 9.3 TCR · DART/TCR 2.22× in 2021

Ashland, Ohio's TCR rose 9.3 from 0.0 in 2016 to 9.3 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 2.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325520 · Ashland, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 85% of ind

  • DART 6.2 DART
  • RANK #20/38
  • PHOTO LATICRETE Internatio…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LATICRETE International, Inc-CT (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ashland, Ohio in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ashland, Ohio averages 2.8 TCR (85% of the Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ashland, Ohio TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=9.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Ashland, Ohio falls in its industry

287 Adhesives (except asphalt, den establishments

Safer than 47% 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 #20 safest of 38 Adhesives (except asphalt, den employers in Ohio.

Ashland, Ohio (44 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ashland, Ohio
Ashland, Ohio (44 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Ashland, Ohio has fewer employees than the Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsu 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 9.3 6.2 3 0 0
2020 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.7 4.7 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325520 · OH · Ashland

287 Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 68 employers in Ashland, 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 LATICRETE International, Inc-CT 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Michigan Center 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Royal - South Bend 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Adhesive Systems, Inc. 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE D.T.S.S. Inc. 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Day Farms - Croton 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Licking Rural Electricfication 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbus SE Service Center 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ashland University 2,668 FTE
CITY-NEAR Samaritan Medical Center 678 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1448 421 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1448 368 FTE
NAT-TCR Drury Plaza Hotel - Columbia East 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 99 Ranch Market, #66 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Jf Duncan Industries, Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR DTTP Waller 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Roth'S - Lancaster 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fort Valley, GA - MK Plant 6 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tidewater Insulators #762 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Splash Events 44 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.