Utility · Ohio

Backbone Power Systems LLC

Cleves, OH · ~55 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Backbone Power Systems LLC runs at 281% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Utility workplace, earning a grade F.

Backbone Power Systems LLC: 3.4 TCR = 281% of Utility BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Backbone Power Systems LLC safety composite

Backbone Power Systems LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

Backbone Power Systems LLC: 0.0 → 6.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 6.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2024

Backbone Power Systems LLC's TCR rose 6.7 from 0.0 in 2023 to 6.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Cleves, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.4 · 281% of ind

  • DART 6.7 DART
  • RANK #102/120
  • PHOTO Headquarters
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Headquarters (0.0 TCR gap)

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Backbone Power Systems LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Backbone Power Systems LLC averages 3.4 TCR (281% of the Utility BLS benchmark).

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

Backbone Power Systems LLC TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=6.7 · BLS 1.2

Where Backbone Power Systems LLC falls in its industry

2,958 Utility establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #102 safest of 120 Utility employers in Ohio.

Backbone Power Systems LLC (55 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 Backbone Power Systems LLC
Backbone Power Systems LLC (55 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Backbone Power Systems LLC has fewer employees than the Utility median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 6.7 6.7 4 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · OH · Cleves

2,958 Utility employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 15 employers in Cleves, 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 Headquarters 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mercedes Location 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Macon Operating - 960 Key Street 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR IRWIN EMC 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE IGS Solar 6100 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dolan Lab 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbus NE Service Center 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE O&M Capital 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR 014-00445 194 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stock Manufacturing & Design 118 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stock Mfg. & Design 98 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wm. Kramer & Son, Inc 78 FTE
NAT-TCR Heritage House of Portage 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR iwis mechatronics, Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Quality Production Services, Inc 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Northwest Steel 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE SERVPRO of Chesapeake 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE AES Asset Acquisition Corp dba Clean Earth of Calvert City 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cheyenne Steel 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Iowa City Rehab and Health Care Center 55 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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