Swimming pool chemical preparations manufacturing · Ohio

Baleco International, Inc.

North Bend, OH · ~26 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Baleco International, Inc. runs at 177% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Swimming pool chemical preparations manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Baleco International, Inc.: 5.8 TCR = 177% of Swimming pool chemical preparations manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Baleco International, Inc. safety composite

Baleco International, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

D

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

Baleco International, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Baleco International, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 4.3 in 2018 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 14.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.3 · 2019=14.7 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=10.7 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325998 · North Bend, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 177% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #42/45
  • PHOTO AquaPhoenix Scientif…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AquaPhoenix Scientific -VA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Baleco International, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Baleco International, Inc. averages 5.8 TCR (177% of the Swimming pool chemical preparations manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Baleco International, Inc. TCR series: 2018=4.3 · 2019=14.7 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=10.7 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=0 · 2024=4 · BLS 3.3

Where Baleco International, Inc. falls in its industry

485 Swimming pool chemical prepara establishments

Safer than 13% 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 #42 safest of 45 Swimming pool chemical prepara employers in Ohio.

Baleco International, Inc. (26 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Baleco International, Inc.
Baleco International, Inc. (26 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Baleco International, Inc. has fewer employees than the Swimming pool chemical preparations manu 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 4.0 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 3.4 0.0 1 0 0
2021 10.7 7.1 3 0 0
2020 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2019 14.7 14.7 3 0 0
2018 4.3 4.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325998 · OH · North Bend

485 Swimming pool chemical preparations manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 11 employers in North Bend, 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 AquaPhoenix Scientific -VA 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Emerald Performance Materials - Henry 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Palladio Industries Inc 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blank Industries 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hog and Maitenance 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE YNOT Farm 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE OA Facility Maintenance Shop 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE SMT INDUSTRIES 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dynegy Miami Fort LLC 137 FTE
CITY-NEAR Miami Fort Power Station 124 FTE
CITY-NEAR North Bend 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fort Hill 30 FTE
NAT-TCR The ICEE Company - Northridge 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 1208 Elmont 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 2803 Coon Rapids 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 4164 East Reading 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Adams & Westlake, Ltd 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Escape Game Georgetown, LLC 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE GFL Solid Waste Midwest LLC- New London HC 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Allina Health Annandale Clinic 26 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, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.