Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Ohio

Cohen Electronics

Middletown, OH · ~55 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cohen Electronics runs at 405% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Cohen Electronics: 8.9 TCR = 405% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cohen Electronics safety composite

Cohen Electronics scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

−7.0

2016→2020

Cohen Electronics injury rate improved

Cohen Electronics's TCR fell 7.0 from 13.5 in 2016 to 6.4 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 13.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.5 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=8.2 · 2019=11.6 · 2020=6.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Middletown, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.9 · 405% of ind

  • DART 6.4 DART
  • RANK #67/79
  • PHOTO General Iron 1909
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: General Iron 1909 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cohen Electronics in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cohen Electronics averages 8.9 TCR (405% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Cohen Electronics TCR series: 2016=13.5 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=8.2 · 2019=11.6 · 2020=6.4 · BLS 2.2

Where Cohen Electronics falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #67 safest of 79 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Ohio.

Cohen Electronics (55 employees, TCR 8.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Cohen Electronics
Cohen Electronics (55 employees, TCR 8.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Cohen Electronics has more employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2020 6.4 6.4 1 0 0
2019 11.6 9.7 6 0 0
2018 8.2 4.9 4 1 0
2017 4.8 4.8 3 0 0
2016 13.5 8.1 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · OH · Middletown

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 125 employers in Middletown, 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 General Iron 1909 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kinsbursky Brothers, Inc 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pima Processing LLC 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northern Metal Recycling Glenwood 8.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE IGS Solar 6100 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dolan Lab 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Backbone Power Systems LLC 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbus NE Service Center 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp. Middletown Works 2,339 FTE
CITY-NEAR AK Steel - Middletown Works 2,288 FTE
CITY-NEAR 870 - EFC1 Monroe, OH 1,629 FTE
CITY-NEAR Atrium Medical Center 1,345 FTE
NAT-TCR The Wexford 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Adventure Therapy 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Superior Grocers # 141 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 110 - San Jose 8.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE SFS West Palm Beach-261PBI 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Board of Supervisors 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southwin Greensboro 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE IFS:IS000 - IS000 - Harleysville, PA 55 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.