Department stores (except discount department stores) · Ohio

Elder Beerman / BonTon Corp

Name: Elder Beerman / BonTon Corp Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Lancaster, OH · ~48 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.2
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Elder Beerman / BonTon Corp runs at 271% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Department stores (except discount department stores) workplace, earning a grade F.

Elder Beerman / BonTon Corp: 9.2 TCR = 271% of Department stores (except discount department stores) BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Elder Beerman / BonTon Corp safety composite

Elder Beerman / BonTon Corp scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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%).

TCR Δ

−10.9

2016→2017

Elder Beerman / BonTon Corp injury rate improved

Elder Beerman / BonTon Corp's TCR fell 10.9 from 14.7 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 14.7 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=14.7 · 2017=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452111 · Lancaster, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.2 · 271% of ind

DART 3.8 DART
RANK #48/52
PHOTO Orscheln Farm and Ho…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Orscheln Farm and Home LLC 037 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Unit # 1911

9.3
Orscheln Farm

9.3
This site

9.2
Orscheln Farm

9.2
046 - Boca Rat

9.2

What this shows Elder Beerman / BonTon Corp averages 9.2 TCR (271% of the Department stores (except discount department stores) BLS benchmark).

Elder Beerman / BonTon Corp TCR series: 2016=14.7 · 2017=3.8 · BLS 3.4

Where Elder Beerman / BonTon Corp falls in its industry

1,987 Department stores (except disc establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 52 Department stores (except disc employers in Ohio.

Elder Beerman / BonTon Corp (48 employees, TCR 9.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Elder Beerman / BonTon Corp has more employees than the Department stores (except discount depar median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2017	3.8	3.8	1	0	0
2016	14.7	14.7	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452111 · OH · Lancaster

1,987 Department stores (except discount department stores) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 96 employers in Lancaster, 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	Orscheln Farm and Home LLC 037	TOPEKA, KS	9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	046 - Boca Raton	BOCA RATON, FL	9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Unit # 1911	STAUNTON, VA	9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Orscheln Farm and Home LLC 070	MCCOOK, NE	9.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Ohio Heavy Equipment Leasing, LLC	FAIRFIELD	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Butler Rural Electric Cooperative	OXFORD	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CenterPoint Energy - Dayton West	DAYTON	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	US Bronco Services, Inc	FAIRFIELD	48 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fairfield Medical Center	Lancaster	2,049 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Anchor Hocking Plant 1	Lancaster	701 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Anchor Hocking	Lancaster	688 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Treehouse Foods, Lancaster OH	Lancaster	329 FTE
NAT-TCR	4795-Pd-Vps-Fort Walton Beach-Pd	Eglin, FL	9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ocy - Brp	Brockton, MA	9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Roosevelt Boys & Girls Club	St Cloud, MN	9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	046 ABC Supply Co., Inc	Tampa, FL	9.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Truman Valley Healthcare Inc	Windsor, MO	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	N and R of Malden LLC	Malden, MO	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Southeast Connections LLc ( Savannah, Georgia)	Garden City, GA	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Building 21/CP/Fleet /Maint	Macungie, PA	48 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: 2017, 2016. 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.