Hardboard manufacturing · Ohio

Decorative Panels International

Toledo, OH · ~81 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Decorative Panels International runs at 109% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Hardboard manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Decorative Panels International: 3.6 TCR = 109% of Hardboard manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Decorative Panels International safety composite

Decorative Panels International scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).

F

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

Decorative Panels International held a steady TCR band

Decorative Panels International's TCR held near 0.3 from 4.4 in 2018 to 4.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.4 · 2019=1.0 · 2020=6.9 · 2021=1.0 · 2023=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321219 · Toledo, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 109% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO Keener Lumber Compan…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~81 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Keener Lumber Company, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Decorative Panels International in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Decorative Panels International averages 3.6 TCR (109% of the Hardboard manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Decorative Panels International TCR series: 2018=4.4 · 2019=1 · 2020=6.9 · 2021=1 · 2023=4.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Decorative Panels International falls in its industry

125 Hardboard manufacturing establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Hardboard manufacturing employers in Ohio.

Decorative Panels International (81 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 0100200300400500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Decorative Panels International
Decorative Panels International (81 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Decorative Panels International has fewer employees than the Hardboard manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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
2023 4.8 3.6 4 0 0
2021 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2020 6.9 2.0 5 2 0
2019 1.0 0.0 1 0 0
2018 4.4 3.3 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321219 · OH · Toledo

125 Hardboard manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 551 employers in Toledo, 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 Keener Lumber Company, Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Missoula Composites 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kronochem AN03 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR North America : Dodson 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE A-1 Egg Farm 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ohio's Electric Cooperatives 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Zanesville Service Center 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Combs Interior Specialties, Inc. 81 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toledo Assembly Complex 5,508 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Toledo Hospital 5,002 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toledo Hospital 4,912 FTE
CITY-NEAR Promedica Downtown Headquarters 3,308 FTE
NAT-TCR FS - Flagstaff 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Prima Fleur Botanicals 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Trego-Dugan Aviation, Inc Gsp 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mi Cocina - 9369 Rain Lily Trail, Fort 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mid-States Specialty Eggs, Berryville 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oracle Elevator Holdco Inc Atlanta GA 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE UFP Industrial LLC 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Libs Paving 81 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: 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.