Machine shops · Ohio

Covert Manufacturing Inc

Galion, OH · ~275 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Covert Manufacturing Inc runs at 175% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade D.

Covert Manufacturing Inc: 5.8 TCR = 175% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Covert Manufacturing Inc safety composite

Covert Manufacturing Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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%).

Covert Manufacturing Inc held a steady TCR band

Covert Manufacturing Inc's TCR held near 0.0 from 5.8 in 2018 to 5.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.8 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.8 · 2022=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Galion, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 175% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #144/172
  • PHOTO Lynar Corporation
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~275 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lynar Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Covert Manufacturing Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Covert Manufacturing Inc averages 5.8 TCR (175% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Covert Manufacturing Inc TCR series: 2018=5.8 · 2022=5.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Covert Manufacturing Inc falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 26% 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 #144 safest of 172 Machine shops employers in Ohio.

Covert Manufacturing Inc (275 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Covert Manufacturing Inc
Covert Manufacturing Inc (275 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Covert Manufacturing Inc has more employees than the Machine shops 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
2022 5.8 1.0 17 1 0
2018 5.8 2.0 17 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · OH · Galion

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 28 employers in Galion, 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 Lynar Corporation 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Micron Manufacturing Company 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Micro Gauge 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Madsen Machine Company LLC 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - DKY4 275 FTE
STATE-SIZE 11DG072 MED-SURG COLUMBUS-GROVE CITY 275 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2441 275 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sysco Foods 275 FTE
CITY-NEAR Galion Hospital/Avita Health System 1,142 FTE
CITY-NEAR Galion Community Hospital 1,022 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lifetouch Church Directories Inc. Galion Plant 311 FTE
CITY-NEAR Galion LLC 131 FTE
NAT-TCR Thompson Electrical Constructors Inc 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR PureField Ingredients LLC 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR San Jose North 31080 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Metro Tech Electrical Contractors Inc 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Applied Molecular Evolution AME 275 FTE
NAT-SIZE Auburn Hills Plant 275 FTE
NAT-SIZE Haemonetics - Leetsdale 275 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1031 - Manteca Ca Whse 275 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: 2022, 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.