Watering cans, plastics, manufacturing · Ohio

Chapin Custom Molding

Elyria, OH · ~93 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chapin Custom Molding runs at 194% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Watering cans, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Chapin Custom Molding: 6.4 TCR = 194% of Watering cans, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chapin Custom Molding safety composite

Chapin Custom Molding scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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).

D

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Chapin Custom Molding: 5.3 → 6.7 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 13.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.35× in 2024

Chapin Custom Molding's TCR rose 1.4 from 5.3 in 2018 to 6.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 13.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Elyria, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.4 · 194% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #223/270
  • PHOTO Advanced Plastic Cor…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 40 inj
  • SIZE ~93 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Advanced Plastic Corporation, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chapin Custom Molding in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chapin Custom Molding averages 6.4 TCR (194% of the Watering cans, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Chapin Custom Molding TCR series: 2018=5.3 · 2019=6 · 2020=13.9 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=6.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Chapin Custom Molding falls in its industry

2,838 Watering cans, plastics, manuf establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #223 safest of 270 Watering cans, plastics, manuf employers in Ohio.

Chapin Custom Molding (93 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Chapin Custom Molding
Chapin Custom Molding (93 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Chapin Custom Molding has fewer employees than the Watering cans, plastics, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 6.7 2.2 6 0 0
2023 4.2 4.2 3 0 0
2022 4.4 0.0 4 0 0
2021 4.3 3.4 5 0 0
2020 13.9 7.0 16 0 0
2019 6.0 3.0 4 0 0
2018 5.3 5.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · OH · Elyria

2,838 Watering cans, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 118 employers in Elyria, 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 Advanced Plastic Corporation, Inc. 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR TH Plastics - Bowling Green 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plascore, Inc. - Plastics 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Prime Window Systems 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE 914-NiSource-Lorain OH-North Pointe Op Ctr 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jostin Construction, INC 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE Building Control Integrators, LLC 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbus 93 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elyria Medical Center 1,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, LLC - Elyria 680 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ridge Tool 655 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4255 404 FTE
NAT-TCR Holiday Inn Express & Suites 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Meadow Park Operator LLC 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Wilke Window & Door 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Del Real, LLC 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bullitt County Ems 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilton Santa Clara 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE MAC Trailer of Oklahoma, Inc. 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE MAC Trailer Texas, Inc. 93 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.