Architectural metalwork merchant wholesalers · Ohio

Best Supply, Inc.

Eastlake, OH · ~218 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Best Supply, Inc. runs at 166% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Architectural metalwork merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Best Supply, Inc.: 3.7 TCR = 166% of Architectural metalwork merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Best Supply, Inc. safety composite

Best Supply, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

−0.8

2023→2024

Best Supply, Inc. injury rate improved

Best Supply, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.8 from 4.1 in 2023 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=4.1 · 2024=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423390 · Eastlake, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.7 · 166% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #8/14
  • PHOTO Marshfield
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~218 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Marshfield (0.0 TCR gap)

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Best Supply, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Best Supply, Inc. averages 3.7 TCR (166% of the Architectural metalwork merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Best Supply, Inc. TCR series: 2023=4.1 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Best Supply, Inc. falls in its industry

168 Architectural metalwork mercha establishments

Safer than 57% 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 #8 safest of 14 Architectural metalwork mercha employers in Ohio.

Best Supply, Inc. (218 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Best Supply, Inc.
Best Supply, Inc. (218 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Best Supply, Inc. has more employees than the Architectural metalwork merchant wholesa median and a lower 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 3.3 3.3 8 0 0
2023 4.1 2.9 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423390 · OH · Eastlake

168 Architectural metalwork merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 31 employers in Eastlake, 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 Marshfield 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 544 - CAPITOL HEIGHTS-INT BRANC 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Palmer-Donavin Cincinnati 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 536 - FLUSHING-INT BRANCH 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE General Mills (Cincinnati) 218 FTE
STATE-SIZE UNITED DAIRY FARMERS PLANT AND OFFICE 218 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Horizons Baking Company 218 FTE
STATE-SIZE Freeport Press, Inc. 218 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1863 341 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1863 335 FTE
CITY-NEAR Conn Selmer (Eastlake) 241 FTE
CITY-NEAR CPP - Eastlake 188 FTE
NAT-TCR Spring Arbor Cottage of Fredericksburg 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Homewood Suites Louisville Airport 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Arapahoe Roofing and Sheet Metal, Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR GRR1 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lake Charles Silicas 218 FTE
NAT-SIZE TK Elevator Manhattan 218 FTE
NAT-SIZE Modine Manufacturing Company - Joplin 218 FTE
NAT-SIZE JRC Mechanical 218 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.

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