Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing · Ohio

Burton Sheet Metal, Inc.

Burton, OH · ~23 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Burton Sheet Metal, Inc. runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Burton Sheet Metal, Inc.: 4.6 TCR = 138% of Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Burton Sheet Metal, Inc. safety composite

Burton Sheet Metal, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49%), 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).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

Burton Sheet Metal, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Burton Sheet Metal, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 4.6 in 2023 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=4.6 · 2024=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Burton, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 138% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #40/90
  • PHOTO Precision Metals Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Precision Metals Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Burton Sheet Metal, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Burton Sheet Metal, Inc. averages 4.6 TCR (138% of the Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Burton Sheet Metal, Inc. TCR series: 2023=4.6 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Burton Sheet Metal, Inc. falls in its industry

1,158 Air cowls, sheet metal (except establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 90 Air cowls, sheet metal (except employers in Ohio.

Burton Sheet Metal, Inc. (23 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Burton Sheet Metal, Inc.
Burton Sheet Metal, Inc. (23 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Burton Sheet Metal, Inc. has fewer employees than the Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 4.5 0.0 1 0 0
2023 4.6 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · OH · Burton

1,158 Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 10 employers in Burton, 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 Precision Metals Inc. 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Venture 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR IMS Engineered Products 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Enterprise Welding & Fabricating 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE MID EAST PRODUCTION LLC 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schlessman Seed Co 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lake County Nursery 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE LCN Holdings Inc dba Lake County Nursery 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR HEXPOL Compounding LLC 243 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hexpol Compounding LLC - Burton, OH 221 FTE
CITY-NEAR BFG Supply Co-Burton 182 FTE
CITY-NEAR Burton Health Care Center 82 FTE
NAT-TCR Star EMS 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Dooley's Petroleum 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mustang 10243 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Las Vegas NV DI 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE TLC Ingredients, Inc. 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Springdale Winnelson 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cal Gro Pump Service, Inc. 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 133 23 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. 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.