Stampings (except automotive, cans, coins), metal, unfinished, manufacturing · Ohio

Defiance Metal Products

Name: Defiance Metal Products Workplace Safety Data
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Defiance, OH · ~310 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Defiance Metal Products runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Stampings (except automotive, cans, coins), metal, unfinished, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Defiance Metal Products: 1.6 TCR = 49% of Stampings (except automotive, cans, coins), metal, unfinished, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Defiance Metal Products safety composite

Defiance Metal Products scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 1.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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%).

Defiance Metal Products held a steady TCR band

Defiance Metal Products's TCR held near 0.1 from 1.9 in 2017 to 2.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.9 · 2018=2.0 · 2019=2.3 · 2021=0.0 · 2023=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332119 · Defiance, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 49% of ind

DART 0.7 DART
RANK #8/70
PHOTO Operations - Detroit…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 35 inj
SIZE ~310 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Operations - Detroit Lakes, MN (0.0 TCR gap)

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Operations - D

1.7
Banner Metals

1.7
CROWN METAL MA

1.7
This site

1.6
Connecticut Sp

1.5

What this shows Defiance Metal Products averages 1.6 TCR (49% of the Stampings (except automotive, cans, coins), metal, unfinished, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Defiance Metal Products TCR series: 2017=1.9 · 2018=2 · 2019=2.3 · 2021=0 · 2023=2 · BLS 3.3

Where Defiance Metal Products falls in its industry

477 Stampings (except automotive, establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 70 Stampings (except automotive, employers in Ohio.

Defiance Metal Products (310 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Defiance Metal Products has more employees than the Stampings (except automotive, cans, coin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2023	2.0	0.7	6
2021	0.0	0.0	3
2019	2.3	1.3	9
2018	2.0	0.5	9
2017	1.9	0.0	8

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332119 · OH · Defiance

477 Stampings (except automotive, cans, coins), metal, unfinished, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 65 employers in Defiance, OH · 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	Operations - Detroit Lakes, MN	DETROIT LAKES, MN	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Banner Metals Group	COLUMBUS, OH	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CROWN METAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY	ELMHURST, IL	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Connecticut Spring and Stamping	FARMINGTON, CT	1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Trans Ash - Main	CINCINNATI	310 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Marzetti Indianola	COLUMBUS	310 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Oatey Co - Cleveland Manufacturing	CLEVELAND	310 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Orwell	ORWELL	310 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Campbell Soup Supply Company, LLC	Defiance	1,425 FTE
CITY-NEAR	General Motors LLC.	Defiance	734 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Defiance 8	Defiance	437 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Defiance Regional Medical Center	Defiance	363 FTE
NAT-TCR	Big Lots Store #1555 PORT ORANGE, FL	Port Orange, FL	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Krueger Lumber Co.	Valders, WI	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	New Caney Service Center	New Caney, TX	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Scott and Murphy	Bowling Green, KY	1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	South Point	St Cloud, MN	310 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ShopRite of Byram	Stanhope, NJ	310 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tully Health Center	Stamford, CT	310 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Jamestown Regional Medical Center	Jamestown, ND	310 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, 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.