Assembly plants, light trucks on chassis of own manufacture · Ohio
East Liberty Automobile Plant
East Liberty, OH · ~3,230 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
East Liberty Automobile Plant runs at 159% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Assembly plants, light trucks on chassis of own manufacture workplace, earning a grade D.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.3
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1,096
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares East Liberty Automobile Plant's OSHA Total Case Rate of 5.3 to the Assembly plants, light trucks on chassis of own manufacture BLS benchmark of 3.3 (159% of benchmark) across 9 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
East Liberty Automobile Plant's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where East Liberty Automobile Plant falls in its industry
34 Assembly plants, light trucks establishmentsSafer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Assembly plants, light trucks employers in Ohio.
Trend analysis for East Liberty Automobile Plant
Between 2016 and 2024, East Liberty Automobile Plant's Total Case Rate worsened from 3.4 to 5.9 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 75% increase across 8 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2019, at a TCR of 3.0, while 2023 saw the highest rate, at 9.0, a spread of 6.0 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 9 reporting years, East Liberty Automobile Plant recorded 1,096 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 9-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 1,096 injuries, 382 illnesses shown on this page for East Liberty Automobile Plant are sourced from its own 9 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 336112 - Assembly plants, light trucks on chassis of own manufacture.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
146 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 6,738,528 hours worked = 4.33 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| East Liberty Automobile Plant (this establishment) | 5.25 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 9-year avg |
| Assembly plants, light trucks on chassis of own manufacture industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 336112 |
| Ohio state avg (all industries) | 4.42 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by East Liberty Automobile Plant to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 200 reportable incidents · 128 injuries, 72 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 307 reportable incidents · 187 injuries, 120 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 218 reportable incidents · 151 injuries, 67 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 155 reportable incidents · 106 injuries, 49 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 144 reportable incidents · 115 injuries, 29 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 104 reportable incidents · 97 injuries, 7 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 136 reportable incidents · 129 injuries, 7 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 116 reportable incidents · 100 injuries, 16 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 98 reportable incidents · 83 injuries, 15 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 128 | 72 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 187 | 120 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.2 | 6.5 | 151 | 67 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 106 | 49 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 115 | 29 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 97 | 7 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 129 | 7 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 100 | 16 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 83 | 15 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on East Liberty Automobile Plant's reported OSHA injury record versus its Assembly plants, light trucks on chassis of own manufacture peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 159% of the Assembly plants, light trucks on chassis of own manufacture benchmark, East Liberty Automobile Plant reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Assembly plants, light trucks on chassis of own manufacture sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.