Poles, metal, merchant wholesalers · Ohio

Copper and Brass Sales - Northwood

Name: Copper and Brass Sales - Northwood Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Norhtwood, OH · ~90 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.7
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Copper and Brass Sales - Northwood runs at 78% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Poles, metal, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Copper and Brass Sales - Northwood: 1.7 TCR = 78% of Poles, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Copper and Brass Sales - Northwood safety composite

Copper and Brass Sales - Northwood scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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

−2.7

2017→2019

Copper and Brass Sales - Northwood injury rate improved

Copper and Brass Sales - Northwood's TCR fell 2.7 from 3.9 in 2017 to 1.2 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.9 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Norhtwood, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 78% of ind

DART 1.2 DART
RANK #27/130
PHOTO Earle M. Jorgensen C…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~90 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Earle M. Jorgensen Company Chicago (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Copper and Brass Sales - Northwood averages 1.7 TCR (78% of the Poles, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Copper and Brass Sales - Northwood TCR series: 2017=3.9 · 2018=0 · 2019=1.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Copper and Brass Sales - Northwood falls in its industry

1,299 Poles, metal, merchant wholesa establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 130 Poles, metal, merchant wholesa employers in Ohio.

Copper and Brass Sales - Northwood (90 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Copper and Brass Sales - Northwood has more employees than the Poles, metal, merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2019	1.2	1.2	1
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	3.9	3.9	4

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · OH · Norhtwood

1,299 Poles, metal, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Earle M. Jorgensen Company Chicago	SCHAUMBURG, IL	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Laserflex, Inc.	HILLIARD, OH	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Yarde Metals, New Jersey	EAST HANOVER, NJ	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Norfolk Iron and Metal - Kansas	EMPORIA, KS	1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Grow Ohio LLC	ZANESVILLE	90 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CANTON PERRY YARD	CANTON	90 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hinckley Warehouse	HINCKLEY	90 FTE
STATE-SIZE	JIS at Potash Corporation Lima	LIMA	90 FTE
NAT-TCR	HoneywellMO26	Columbia, MO	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	1083 Waterloo-Geneva Rd.	Waterloo, NY	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tech Fibers, Inc. (Electro Fiber Technologies)	Schenectady, NY	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Air-Weigh	Eugene, OR	1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	San Francisco Corporate	San Francisco, CA	90 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Nizhoni Health Systems LLC- Stoughton	Stoughton, MA	90 FTE
NAT-SIZE	J.R. Tharpe Trucking Co, Inc.	Drakes Branch, VA	90 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The IFH Group West, LLC	Arlington, WA	90 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, 2017. 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.