Tool boxes, light gauge metal, manufacturing · Ohio

Cqt Kennedy LLC

Van Wert, OH · ~131 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cqt Kennedy LLC runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Tool boxes, light gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Cqt Kennedy LLC: 4.6 TCR = 138% of Tool boxes, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cqt Kennedy LLC safety composite

Cqt Kennedy LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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

−3.7

2016→2024

Cqt Kennedy LLC injury rate improved

Cqt Kennedy LLC's TCR fell 3.7 from 5.2 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.2 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=5.8 · 2019=8.8 · 2020=9.3 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332439 · Van Wert, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 138% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #14/21
  • PHOTO Wastequip Millersburg
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 45 inj
  • SIZE ~131 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wastequip Millersburg (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cqt Kennedy LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cqt Kennedy LLC averages 4.6 TCR (138% of the Tool boxes, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Cqt Kennedy LLC TCR series: 2016=5.2 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=5.8 · 2019=8.8 · 2020=9.3 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Cqt Kennedy LLC falls in its industry

175 Tool boxes, light gauge metal, establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 21 Tool boxes, light gauge metal, employers in Ohio.

Cqt Kennedy LLC (131 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Cqt Kennedy LLC
Cqt Kennedy LLC (131 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Cqt Kennedy LLC has more employees than the Tool boxes, light gauge metal, manufactu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 1.6 0.8 2 0 0
2023 2.6 2.6 3 0 0
2022 1.5 0.7 2 0 0
2021 2.9 2.9 4 0 0
2020 9.3 7.5 10 0 0
2019 8.8 1.0 9 0 0
2018 5.8 0.8 7 0 0
2017 3.5 0.9 4 0 0
2016 5.2 1.1 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332439 · OH · Van Wert

175 Tool boxes, light gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 48 employers in Van Wert, 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 Wastequip Millersburg 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Roura Michigan Facility 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR E. H. Schwab Co. 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greif Pakaging 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Industrial First, Inc. 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Romanoff Electric Residential, LLC - Columbus 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hiland Wood Products Inc. 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allergan Sales 131 FTE
CITY-NEAR VAN WERT OH 951 FTE
CITY-NEAR Danfoss Power Solutions II, LLC 840 FTE
CITY-NEAR VW Cooked Meats Plant 685 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cooper Farms Cooked Meats 597 FTE
NAT-TCR Fidelitone - Manassas, VA 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Plymouth Luther Collision 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Carter Lumber 424 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR West Seneca 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 300000170856104 - PA-Pittsburgh-Bulk Operating Center 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE C & L Aerospace LLC 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE RC Construction Co., Inc. 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chroma Technology 131 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.