Stearic acid manufacturing · Ohio

Baerlocher Production USA, LLC

Cincinnati, OH · ~91 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Baerlocher Production USA, LLC runs at 74% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Stearic acid manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Baerlocher Production USA, LLC: 2.5 TCR = 74% of Stearic acid manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Baerlocher Production USA, LLC safety composite

Baerlocher Production USA, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

Baerlocher Production USA, LLC: 0.0 → 4.6 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 6.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.49× in 2022

Baerlocher Production USA, LLC's TCR rose 4.6 from 0.0 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325199 · Cincinnati, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 74% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #26/44
  • PHOTO Valtris Specialty Ch…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Walton Hills (0.0 TCR gap)

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Baerlocher Production USA, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Baerlocher Production USA, LLC averages 2.5 TCR (74% of the Stearic acid manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Baerlocher Production USA, LLC TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=1 · 2019=3 · 2020=6.1 · 2022=4.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Baerlocher Production USA, LLC falls in its industry

552 Stearic acid manufacturing establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 44 Stearic acid manufacturing employers in Ohio.

Baerlocher Production USA, LLC (91 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 02004006008001,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Baerlocher Production USA, LLC
Baerlocher Production USA, LLC (91 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Baerlocher Production USA, LLC has more employees than the Stearic acid manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2022 4.6 3.6 4 1 0
2020 6.1 6.1 6 0 0
2019 3.0 3.0 2 1 0
2018 1.0 0.0 1 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

325199 · OH · Cincinnati

552 Stearic acid 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 Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Walton Hills 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Economy Mud Products Company 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR REG Grays Harbor, LLC 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conway Bakelite Chemicals 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gahanna 825 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gilbane Building Company Columbus 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE R.E. Middleton Construction Main office 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Enterprise Roofing & Sheet Metal Company 91 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 Red Lion Bus Transportation 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR MS Companies 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 639 - West Springfield 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 417 - Massapequa 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lueder Construction Company 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Republic Services - 50th Yard 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Police Department 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Click Bond CT 91 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: 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.