Mechanical rubber goods (i.e., extruded, lathe-cut, molded) manufacturing · Ohio

Bridgestone APM AVD

Upper Sandusky, OH · ~626 workers · 6 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

Bridgestone APM AVD runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Mechanical rubber goods (i.e., extruded, lathe-cut, molded) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Bridgestone APM AVD: 4.7 TCR = 143% of Mechanical rubber goods (i.e., extruded, lathe-cut, molded) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bridgestone APM AVD safety composite

Bridgestone APM AVD scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Bridgestone APM AVD: 3.7 → 5.1 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 5.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.02× in 2021

Bridgestone APM AVD's TCR rose 1.5 from 3.7 in 2016 to 5.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326291 · Upper Sandusky, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 143% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK #30/44
  • PHOTO Armada Rubber Manufa…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 172 inj
  • SIZE ~626 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Armada Rubber Manufacturing Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bridgestone APM AVD in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bridgestone APM AVD averages 4.7 TCR (143% of the Mechanical rubber goods (i.e., extruded, lathe-cut, molded) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Bridgestone APM AVD TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2017=4.5 · 2018=4.9 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=5.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Bridgestone APM AVD falls in its industry

266 Mechanical rubber goods (i.e., establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 44 Mechanical rubber goods (i.e., employers in Ohio.

Bridgestone APM AVD (626 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 Bridgestone APM AVD
Bridgestone APM AVD (626 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Bridgestone APM AVD has more employees than the Mechanical rubber goods (i.e., extruded, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2021 5.1 4.8 31 0 0
2020 4.9 4.1 30 1 0
2019 5.2 4.4 34 0 0
2018 4.9 4.1 30 0 0
2017 4.5 3.3 25 1 0
2016 3.7 2.3 22 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326291 · OH · Upper Sandusky

266 Mechanical rubber goods (i.e., extruded, lathe-cut, molded) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 41 employers in Upper Sandusky, 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 Armada Rubber Manufacturing Company 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cooper Standard - Gaylord 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vibracoustic Adhesive Plant USA, INC 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Pullman Company 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Case Farms Processing 626 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sandridge Food Corporation - Medina 627 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harrison Steel Plant 625 FTE
STATE-SIZE Empire Marketing Strategies, INC 627 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prospira America Corporation 530 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kasai North America 489 FTE
CITY-NEAR Custom Glass Solutions 279 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kalmbach Feeds, Inc. 243 FTE
NAT-TCR The Fresh Market 014 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Fisher Auto Parts - OHSLS 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Main Office 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-30331) 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Butterball LLC 626 FTE
NAT-SIZE Taylor Hospital 626 FTE
NAT-SIZE North Texas Plant 626 FTE
NAT-SIZE Canterbury Park Entertainment 626 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.