Stairwork (e.g., newel posts, railings, staircases, stairs), wood, manufacturing · Ohio

Bowerston OH

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Bowerston, OH · ~56 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Bowerston OH runs at 95% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Stairwork (e.g., newel posts, railings, staircases, stairs), wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Bowerston OH: 3.1 TCR = 95% of Stairwork (e.g., newel posts, railings, staircases, stairs), wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bowerston OH safety composite

Bowerston OH scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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

Bowerston OH: 2.2 → 4.8 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 5.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.38× in 2024

Bowerston OH's TCR rose 2.6 from 2.2 in 2019 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321918 · Bowerston, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 95% of ind

DART 1.2 DART
RANK #5/13
PHOTO Twin Cities MN Millw…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Twin Cities MN Millwork (0.0 TCR gap)

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Saroyan Lumber

3.2
This site

3.1
Twin Cities MN

3.1
7025_16116

3.1
Metrie Retail

3.1

What this shows Bowerston OH averages 3.1 TCR (95% of the Stairwork (e.g., newel posts, railings, staircases, stairs), wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Bowerston OH TCR series: 2019=2.2 · 2020=0 · 2023=5.5 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Bowerston OH falls in its industry

317 Stairwork (e.g., newel posts, establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 13 Stairwork (e.g., newel posts, employers in Ohio.

Bowerston OH (56 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Bowerston OH has fewer employees than the Stairwork (e.g., newel posts, railings, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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
2024	4.8	1.2	2	2
2023	5.5	4.1	3	1
2020	0.0	0.0	0	0
2019	2.2	2.2	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321918 · OH · Bowerston

317 Stairwork (e.g., newel posts, railings, staircases, stairs), wood, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 5 employers in Bowerston, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Twin Cities MN Millwork	LAKEVILLE, MN	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	7025_16116	CRANDON, WI	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Metrie Retail - Kansas City	NORTH KANSAS CITY, MO	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Saroyan Lumber	HUNTINGTON PARK, CA	3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Rindler Poultry LLC	SAINT HENRY	56 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Canton General Service Center	CANTON	56 FTE
STATE-SIZE	919-NiSource-Chillicothe OH-Three Rivers Op	CHILLICOTHE	56 FTE
STATE-SIZE	977-NiSource-Findlay OH-Lake Erie Op Ctr	FINDLAY	56 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bowerston, Ohio - L. J. Smith, Inc.	Bowerston	118 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bowerston Plant	Bowerston	36 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hillstone Bowerston	Bowerston	29 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bowerston Hills	Bowerston	28 FTE
NAT-TCR	M-6 Contracting Company, Inc.	Tobaccoville, NC	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Huf North America Automotive Parts Manufacturing Corp.	Greeneville, TN	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Kansas City 10410	Kansas City, MO	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Brandon	Brandon, MS	3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Boyd Aluminum	Springfield, MO	56 FTE
NAT-SIZE	SEW-EURODRIVE, Inc	Hayward, CA	56 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Schleicher County Medical Center	Eldorado, TX	56 FTE
NAT-SIZE	La Porte DC	La Porte, TX	56 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, 2020, 2019. 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.