Warehousing and storage, general merchandise · Ohio

Darice/CHQ

Strongsville, OH · ~290 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Darice/CHQ runs at 57% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Warehousing and storage, general merchandise workplace, earning a grade B.

Darice/CHQ: 3.3 TCR = 57% of Warehousing and storage, general merchandise BLS 5.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Darice/CHQ safety composite

Darice/CHQ scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Darice/CHQ: 3.0 → 3.7 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 3.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.05× in 2018

Darice/CHQ's TCR rose 0.7 from 3.0 in 2017 to 3.7 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493110 · Strongsville, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 3.3 · 57% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #310/556
  • PHOTO Branch 4286 - Sacram…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~290 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Branch 4286 - Sacramento (0.0 TCR gap)

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Darice/CHQ in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Darice/CHQ averages 3.3 TCR (57% of the Warehousing and storage, general merchandise BLS benchmark).

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

Darice/CHQ TCR series: 2017=3 · 2018=3.7 · BLS 5.8

Where Darice/CHQ falls in its industry

9,477 Warehousing and storage, gener establishments

Safer than 52% 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 #310 safest of 556 Warehousing and storage, gener employers in Ohio.

Darice/CHQ (290 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Darice/CHQ
Darice/CHQ (290 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Darice/CHQ has more employees than the Warehousing and storage, general merchan median and a lower 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
2018 3.7 3.5 17 1 0
2017 3.0 3.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493110 · OH · Strongsville

9,477 Warehousing and storage, general merchandise employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 104 employers in Strongsville, 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 Branch 4286 - Sacramento 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5857 TRACY MDC 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Distribution Centers LLC-13060 TEMPLE AVE 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bakersfield - 3830 Saco Rd 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE JH ROUTH PACKING CO 290 FTE
STATE-SIZE US - Distribution Center Network : 0935 290 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pennex Aluminum Company - Leetonia 290 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 2441 290 FTE
CITY-NEAR Strongsville Family Health & Surgery Center 439 FTE
CITY-NEAR Strongsville Fam Hlth Surg Ctr 415 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2266 382 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2266 372 FTE
NAT-TCR Black Hills Surgical Hospital Business Office 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR LIH - Airport United Airlines Offices 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Mercy Medical Center West Campus 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Reliant Pharmacy Clearwater 90-17-11-11 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Green Bay Sportervice, LLC 290 FTE
NAT-SIZE Seohan USA Corporation 290 FTE
NAT-SIZE Scranton (Pascr) 290 FTE
NAT-SIZE Supply Chain : LIPB 290 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.