Graphite specialties for aerospace use (except gaskets) manufacturing · Ohio

Bowden Manufacturing Company

Willoughby, OH · ~71 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bowden Manufacturing Company runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Graphite specialties for aerospace use (except gaskets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Bowden Manufacturing Company: 4.7 TCR = 142% of Graphite specialties for aerospace use (except gaskets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bowden Manufacturing Company safety composite

Bowden Manufacturing Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

−10.9

2017→2023

Bowden Manufacturing Company injury rate improved

Bowden Manufacturing Company's TCR fell 10.9 from 10.9 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.9 · 2018=7.8 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335991 · Willoughby, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 142% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/9
  • PHOTO Carbon Conversions
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~71 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Carbon Conversions (0.2 TCR gap)

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Bowden Manufacturing Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bowden Manufacturing Company averages 4.7 TCR (142% of the Graphite specialties for aerospace use (except gaskets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Bowden Manufacturing Company TCR series: 2017=10.9 · 2018=7.8 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Bowden Manufacturing Company falls in its industry

93 Graphite specialties for aeros establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

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 9 Graphite specialties for aeros employers in Ohio.

Bowden Manufacturing Company (71 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Bowden Manufacturing Company
Bowden Manufacturing Company (71 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Bowden Manufacturing Company has fewer employees than the Graphite specialties for aerospace use ( median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.7 3.1 3 0 0
2018 7.8 7.8 3 0 0
2017 10.9 3.1 6 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335991 · OH · Willoughby

93 Graphite specialties for aerospace use (except gaskets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 77 employers in Willoughby, 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 Carbon Conversions 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pyrotek Sanborn 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tokai Carbon GE - Hickman Facility 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tokai Carbon GE LLC - Hickman 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer Grand Rapids Production GRA1 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rudolph Libbe Inc. - Ford Ohio Assembly Plant, Avon Lake 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE John G. Johnson Construction Office 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE R&R Pipeline Inc. 71 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lake Health West 1,348 FTE
CITY-NEAR Windsor Laurelwood Center for Behavioral Health 363 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marous Brothers Construction 344 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ohio Living - Breckenridge Village 326 FTE
NAT-TCR MLM Restaurant, Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Kms Fab LLC 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1911 GLENDALE, AZ 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Alpha Precision Group Specialty Valve and Machined Products 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE BOS Braintree 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Stamping & Metalworks- Tomah 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Waste Management - Solid Waste 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE BrandSafway Services, LLC - Las Vegas - Branch 71 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, 2018, 2017. 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.