Stairwork (e.g., newel posts, railings, staircases, stairs), wood, manufacturing · Ohio
Bowerston, Ohio - L. J. Smith, Inc.
Bowerston, OH · ~118 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Bowerston, Ohio - L. J. Smith, Inc. runs at 99% 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, Ohio - L. J. Smith, Inc.: 3.3 TCR = 99% of Stairwork (e.g., newel posts, railings, staircases, stairs), wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Bowerston, Ohio - L. J. Smith, Inc. safety composite
Bowerston, Ohio - L. J. Smith, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% 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).
71/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.27 per 100 workers
Safer than 72% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 84% 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%).
TCR Δ
−0.6
2017→2020
Bowerston, Ohio - L. J. Smith, Inc. injury rate improved
Bowerston, Ohio - L. J. Smith, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.6 from 1.5 in 2017 to 0.9 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=1.5 · 2018=7.4 · 2020=0.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 321918 · Bowerston, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 99% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #6/13
- PHOTO Hunter Millworks
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~118 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Hunter Millworks (0.0 TCR gap)
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Bowerston, Ohio - L. J. Smith, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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Bowerston, Ohio - L. J. Smith, Inc.
3.3 TCR
- Hunter Millwor
Hunter Millworks
3.3 TCR
- Young Manufact
Young Manufacturing Company
3.3 TCR
- Plant Z1
Plant Z1
3.3 TCR
- Lewis Lumber P
Lewis Lumber Products INC
3.3 TCR
What this shows Bowerston, Ohio - L. J. Smith, Inc. averages 3.3 TCR (99% of the Stairwork (e.g., newel posts, railings, staircases, stairs), wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Bowerston, Ohio - L. J. Smith, Inc. TCR series: 2017=1.5 · 2018=7.4 · 2020=0.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Bowerston, Ohio - L. J. Smith, Inc. falls in its industry
317 Stairwork (e.g., newel posts, establishmentsSafer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 13 Stairwork (e.g., newel posts, employers in Ohio.
Bowerston, Ohio - L. J. Smith, Inc. has more 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 | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.4 | 2.5 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 2 | 0 | 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 | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Hunter Millworks | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Young Manufacturing Company | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Plant Z1 | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lewis Lumber Products INC | 3.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Unlimited Contracting Solutions, LLC | 118 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PCI Services, Inc. | 118 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Velvet Ice Cream Co - Utica | 118 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SFO Ice Cream | 118 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bowerston OH | 56 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bowerston Plant | 36 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hillstone Bowerston | 29 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bowerston Hills | 28 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Guardian Industries - DeWitt | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Morgantown Technical Services | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TLBainey Inc. | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Southern Distribution Center | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | International Paper Sumter Sheet Converting | 118 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Fairview Community Center | 118 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Norbord Mississippi | 118 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | FCA Sterling Heights Assembly (SHAP) | 118 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.