Tires (e.g., pneumatic, semi-pneumatic, solid rubber) manufacturing · Indiana

Cooper Tire and Rubber DC

Franklin, IN · ~40 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cooper Tire and Rubber DC runs at 83% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Tires (e.g., pneumatic, semi-pneumatic, solid rubber) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Cooper Tire and Rubber DC: 2.7 TCR = 83% of Tires (e.g., pneumatic, semi-pneumatic, solid rubber) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cooper Tire and Rubber DC safety composite

Cooper Tire and Rubber DC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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

Cooper Tire and Rubber DC: 1.7 → 3.8 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 3.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.38× in 2019

Cooper Tire and Rubber DC's TCR rose 2.1 from 1.7 in 2018 to 3.8 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326211 · Franklin, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 83% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #1/5
  • PHOTO US3 - Spartanburg Pl…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: US3 - Spartanburg Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cooper Tire and Rubber DC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cooper Tire and Rubber DC averages 2.7 TCR (83% of the Tires (e.g., pneumatic, semi-pneumatic, solid rubber) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Cooper Tire and Rubber DC TCR series: 2018=1.7 · 2019=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Cooper Tire and Rubber DC falls in its industry

114 Tires (e.g., pneumatic, semi-p establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 5 Tires (e.g., pneumatic, semi-p employers in Indiana.

Cooper Tire and Rubber DC (40 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 393 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Cooper Tire and Rubber DC
Cooper Tire and Rubber DC (40 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 393 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Cooper Tire and Rubber DC has fewer employees than the Tires (e.g., pneumatic, semi-pneumatic, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2019 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2018 1.7 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326211 · IN · Franklin

114 Tires (e.g., pneumatic, semi-pneumatic, solid rubber) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 78 employers in Franklin, IN · 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 US3 - Spartanburg Plant 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Goodyear Fayetteville 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Applied Physical Metrology Akron 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Continental Tire the Americas, LLC 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Black Gold Farms 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE 320-NiSource-Chesterton IN-Bailly Gen 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Baer Field Service Center 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE IND-DWH-INDIANA 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Johnson Memorial Health 878 FTE
CITY-NEAR KAC Franklin 726 FTE
CITY-NEAR Government 694 FTE
CITY-NEAR Reman Powertrain Indiana 473 FTE
NAT-TCR Sea Beach 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Annin Flagmakers-Ohio 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR KEY Pol 17 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Tri-Cities Staffing 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Manufacturer of Precision Machined Components to Customer Specification 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE WSRM 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE ServiceMaster Cleaning Services by AAA 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Flemington,NJ 40 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: 2019, 2018. 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.