Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing · Ohio
Bowerston Plant
Bowerston, OH · ~36 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Bowerston Plant runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Bowerston Plant: 2.4 TCR = 71% of Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Bowerston Plant safety composite
Bowerston Plant 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).
69/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.35 per 100 workers
Safer than 68% 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
−5.8
2016→2024
Bowerston Plant injury rate improved
Bowerston Plant's TCR fell 5.8 from 5.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=5.8 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=3.0 · 2020=3.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 327120 · Bowerston, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 71% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #19/48
- PHOTO Interstate Brick
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~36 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Interstate Brick (0.0 TCR gap)
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Bowerston Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Bowerston Plant
2.4 TCR
- Interstate Bri
Interstate Brick
2.4 TCR
- Ann Sacks
Ann Sacks
2.3 TCR
- Magnesita Refa
Magnesita Refactories Saybrook
2.3 TCR
- Meridian Brick
Meridian Brick-Stanton-Meridian
2.3 TCR
What this shows Bowerston Plant averages 2.4 TCR (71% of the Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Bowerston Plant TCR series: 2016=5.8 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=3 · 2020=3 · 2021=0 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3
Where Bowerston Plant falls in its industry
307 Bricks (i.e., common, face, gl establishmentsSafer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 48 Bricks (i.e., common, face, gl employers in Ohio.
Bowerston Plant has fewer employees than the Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, holl median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
327120 · OH · Bowerston
307 Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, 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 | Interstate Brick | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ann Sacks | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Magnesita Refactories Saybrook | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Meridian Brick-Stanton-Meridian | 2.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | STEYER SEEDS LLC | 36 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Biosecurity Building | 36 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BrennCo Inc | 36 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | EAST CREEK FARM LLC | 36 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bowerston, Ohio - L. J. Smith, Inc. | 118 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bowerston OH | 56 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hillstone Bowerston | 29 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bowerston Hills | 28 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Sms 1627 | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Interstate Warehousing Franklin | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CP&P Dunn Precast | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Holyoke-1727 Northampton Street | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | CenterPoint Energy - Franklin | 36 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Asbury Power Station | 36 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Continental Refining Company LLC | 36 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Tamke Tree Experts, Inc. | 36 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.