Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing · Ohio

Buckeye Fabricating Company

Springboro, OH · ~33 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
20.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Buckeye Fabricating Company runs at 612% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Buckeye Fabricating Company: 20.2 TCR = 612% of Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Buckeye Fabricating Company safety composite

Buckeye Fabricating Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 20.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

−22.6

2016→2024

Buckeye Fabricating Company injury rate improved

Buckeye Fabricating Company's TCR fell 22.6 from 28.6 in 2016 to 6.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 40.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=28.6 · 2017=40.2 · 2018=29.8 · 2019=9.5 · 2020=19.0 · 2021=18.9 · 2022=17.7 · 2023=12.0 · 2024=6.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332420 · Springboro, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 20.2 · 612% of ind

  • DART 6.0 DART
  • RANK #23/23
  • PHOTO Tiger Tanks, Inc.
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 58 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tiger Tanks, Inc. (1.0 TCR gap)

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Buckeye Fabricating Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Buckeye Fabricating Company averages 20.2 TCR (612% of the Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Buckeye Fabricating Company TCR series: 2016=28.6 · 2017=40.2 · 2018=29.8 · 2019=9.5 · 2020=19 · 2021=18.9 · 2022=17.7 · 2023=12 · 2024=6 · BLS 3.3

Where Buckeye Fabricating Company falls in its industry

355 Water tanks, heavy gauge metal establishments

Safer than 1% 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 #23 safest of 23 Water tanks, heavy gauge metal employers in Ohio.

Buckeye Fabricating Company (33 employees, TCR 20.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Buckeye Fabricating Company
Buckeye Fabricating Company (33 employees, TCR 20.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Buckeye Fabricating Company has fewer employees than the Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufact 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
2024 6.0 6.0 2 0 0
2023 12.0 3.0 4 0 0
2022 17.7 8.8 6 0 0
2021 18.9 9.5 6 0 0
2020 19.0 3.2 6 0 0
2019 9.5 3.1 3 0 0
2018 29.8 13.3 9 0 0
2017 40.2 21.6 13 0 0
2016 28.6 6.4 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332420 · OH · Springboro

355 Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 39 employers in Springboro, 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 Tiger Tanks, Inc. 19.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Savannah Tank and Equipment Corporation 19.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wheeler Tank Manufacturing, Inc. 18.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Belli Corporation dba Westec Tank & Equipment 18.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Foertmeyer & Sons Greenhouse 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trillium Farms Croton Pullet 1 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative, Inc. 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Philadelphia Service Building 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR SOUTHERN OHIO PIZZA INC 688 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kelchner Inc. 226 FTE
CITY-NEAR 014-00925 198 FTE
CITY-NEAR PAT100 192 FTE
NAT-TCR Ridgefield Station 20.2 TCR
NAT-TCR First Capital Fibers, Inc 20.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ignite Medical Resort St. Marys LLC 20.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hunt Legacy Holdings LLC 20.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Alta Enterprises LLC- Traverse City 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fire Services/Emergency Preparedness 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE MH East Peoria 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Media Real Estate - Media location 33 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, 2022, 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.