Angle irons, metal, manufacturing · Ohio

Backyard Buddy, LLC

Warren, OH · ~37 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Backyard Buddy, LLC runs at 248% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Angle irons, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Backyard Buddy, LLC: 8.2 TCR = 248% of Angle irons, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Backyard Buddy, LLC safety composite

Backyard Buddy, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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).

D

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.1

2022→2024

Backyard Buddy, LLC injury rate improved

Backyard Buddy, LLC's TCR fell 3.1 from 11.3 in 2022 to 8.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=11.3 · 2023=5.0 · 2024=8.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332999 · Warren, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 248% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #75/80
  • PHOTO Defiance Metal Produ…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Defiance Metal Products (0.0 TCR gap)

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Backyard Buddy, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Backyard Buddy, LLC averages 8.2 TCR (248% of the Angle irons, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Backyard Buddy, LLC TCR series: 2022=11.3 · 2023=5 · 2024=8.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Backyard Buddy, LLC falls in its industry

827 Angle irons, metal, manufactur establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #75 safest of 80 Angle irons, metal, manufactur employers in Ohio.

Backyard Buddy, LLC (37 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Backyard Buddy, LLC
Backyard Buddy, LLC (37 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Backyard Buddy, LLC has fewer employees than the Angle irons, metal, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 8.3 0.0 3 0 0
2023 5.0 5.0 2 0 0
2022 11.3 5.7 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332999 · OH · Warren

827 Angle irons, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 142 employers in Warren, 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 Defiance Metal Products 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kooima Ag Inc 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR HUMI - CYPRESS CA 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Concise Industries 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Biosecurity Building 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbus SW Svc Ctr 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lead Building Company LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Unified Restoration Systems, LLC 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lordstown Complex 2,768 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ultium Cells, Lordstown 2,000 FTE
CITY-NEAR Homegoods Ohio Merchants LLC 1,282 FTE
CITY-NEAR Warren Hospital 953 FTE
NAT-TCR A. Colarusso and Son, Inc. 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - PHL6 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - SDF6 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ambiente Sedona LLC 8.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tilted Kilt of Lexington 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sensia Coraopolis 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE ODW Logistics - Romeoville 2, IL 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Columbus Hilton Garden Inn 37 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. 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.