Explosives manufacturing · Ohio

Austin Powder Great Lakes LLC - Findlay

Name: Austin Powder Great Lakes LLC - Findlay Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Findlay, OH · ~23 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Austin Powder Great Lakes LLC - Findlay runs at 25% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Explosives manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Austin Powder Great Lakes LLC - Findlay: 0.8 TCR = 25% of Explosives manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Austin Powder Great Lakes LLC - Findlay safety composite

Austin Powder Great Lakes LLC - Findlay scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

Austin Powder Great Lakes LLC - Findlay held a steady TCR band

Austin Powder Great Lakes LLC - Findlay's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325920 · Findlay, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 25% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #2/4
PHOTO Alpha/Dyno Nobel -- …
BOOK 8y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Alpha/Dyno Nobel -- Mojave, CA (0.0 TCR gap)

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0.8
Alpha/Dyno Nob

0.8
Samoset

0.8
Western Explos

0.8
Austin Powder

0.7

What this shows Austin Powder Great Lakes LLC - Findlay averages 0.8 TCR (25% of the Explosives manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Austin Powder Great Lakes LLC - Findlay TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Austin Powder Great Lakes LLC - Findlay falls in its industry

78 Explosives manufacturing establishments

Safer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Explosives manufacturing employers in Ohio.

Austin Powder Great Lakes LLC - Findlay (23 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Austin Powder Great Lakes LLC - Findlay has fewer employees than the Explosives manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2024	0.0	0.0	0
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0
2021	6.5	6.5	1
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325920 · OH · Findlay

78 Explosives manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 184 employers in Findlay, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Alpha/Dyno Nobel -- Mojave, CA	MOJAVE, CA	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Samoset	CORDOVA, AL	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Western Explosives Systems Company (WESCO)	SALT LAKE CITY, UT	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Austin Powder Central States LLC - Fredericktown	FREDERICKTOWN, MO	0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	MID EAST PRODUCTION LLC	TIFFIN	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Schlessman Seed Co	MILAN	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lake County Nursery	MADISON	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	LCN Holdings Inc dba Lake County Nursery	MADISON	23 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Findlay Campus	Findlay	2,328 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Whirlpool Corporation	Findlay	2,266 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Whirlpool Corporation - Findlay Operations	Findlay	2,258 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Blanchard Valley Hospital	Findlay	1,978 FTE
NAT-TCR	HoneywellSC09	Greer, SC	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Fort Worth Corporate	Fort Worth, TX	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Elkton, VA Facility	Elkton, VA	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Diana Hoover	Galveston, TX	0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Gainesville RPC	Gainesville, FL	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Envision Printing, LLC	Marietta, GA	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Millers Merry Manor	Mooresville, IN	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Foust Foundations, Inc.	Fort Atkinson, WI	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, 2022, 2021, 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.