Motor vehicle parts and accessories, new, merchant wholesalers · Ohio

Better Brake Parts

Lima, OH · ~44 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Better Brake Parts runs at 304% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Motor vehicle parts and accessories, new, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Better Brake Parts: 6.7 TCR = 304% of Motor vehicle parts and accessories, new, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Better Brake Parts safety composite

Better Brake Parts scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−8.2

2017→2023

Better Brake Parts injury rate improved

Better Brake Parts's TCR fell 8.2 from 8.2 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 20.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.2 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=6.0 · 2021=20.1 · 2022=10.3 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423120 · Lima, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 304% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #46/51
  • PHOTO 8401, 8466, 8508 KAO…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 8401, 8466, 8508 KAO Slocum Exeter (0.0 TCR gap)

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Better Brake Parts in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Better Brake Parts averages 6.7 TCR (304% of the Motor vehicle parts and accessories, new, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Better Brake Parts TCR series: 2017=8.2 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=6 · 2021=20.1 · 2022=10.3 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Better Brake Parts falls in its industry

950 Motor vehicle parts and access establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #46 safest of 51 Motor vehicle parts and access employers in Ohio.

Better Brake Parts (44 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Better Brake Parts
Better Brake Parts (44 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Better Brake Parts has fewer employees than the Motor vehicle parts and accessories, new median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 10.3 10.3 3 0 0
2021 20.1 20.1 0 6 0
2020 6.0 6.0 1 1 0
2019 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 8.2 8.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423120 · OH · Lima

950 Motor vehicle parts and accessories, new, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 243 employers in Lima, 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 8401, 8466, 8508 KAO Slocum Exeter 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR IMC Canoga (Warehouse) 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 8401/3070 KAO/Keystone Exeter 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marysville PDC 6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE D.T.S.S. Inc. 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Day Farms - Croton 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Licking Rural Electricfication 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbus SE Service Center 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center 2,540 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Rita's Medical Center 2,531 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Ritas Medical Center 2,445 FTE
CITY-NEAR LIMA ENGINE 1,457 FTE
NAT-TCR Cash Saver 511 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Williams Construction Arkansas Inc. 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR South Shore Health 780 Main Street 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR North States Industries 6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Standridge Color Corporation-Greensboro 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Celadon DP, LLC. 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4039-04057000-00W001 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Exton (Chester Springs) 44 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.