Department stores (except discount department stores) · Ohio

Elder Beerman - Sandusky

Sandusky, OH · ~39 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Elder Beerman - Sandusky runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Department stores (except discount department stores) workplace, earning a grade B.

Elder Beerman - Sandusky: 2.4 TCR = 70% of Department stores (except discount department stores) BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Elder Beerman - Sandusky safety composite

Elder Beerman - Sandusky scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

Elder Beerman - Sandusky: 0.0 → 4.8 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 4.8 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2017

Elder Beerman - Sandusky's TCR rose 4.8 from 0.0 in 2016 to 4.8 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452111 · Sandusky, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 70% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK #23/52
  • PHOTO STR0614
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: STR0614 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Elder Beerman - Sandusky in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Elder Beerman - Sandusky averages 2.4 TCR (70% of the Department stores (except discount department stores) BLS benchmark).

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

Elder Beerman - Sandusky TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=4.8 · BLS 3.4

Where Elder Beerman - Sandusky falls in its industry

1,987 Department stores (except disc establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 52 Department stores (except disc employers in Ohio.

Elder Beerman - Sandusky (39 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Elder Beerman - Sandusky
Elder Beerman - Sandusky (39 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Elder Beerman - Sandusky has fewer employees than the Department stores (except discount depar median and a lower 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 4.8 4.8 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452111 · OH · Sandusky

1,987 Department stores (except discount department stores) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 101 employers in Sandusky, 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 STR0614 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unit # 2741 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Valley Mall #386 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Crossroads 316 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE DRW PACKING INC 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE OHI Greenhouse LLC 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bridgewater Dairy LLC 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rossburg Facility 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cedar Point 2,836 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ventra Sandusky 1,878 FTE
CITY-NEAR MAIN-FRMC1-MAIN CAMPUS 1,834 FTE
CITY-NEAR LMN Development 1,048 FTE
NAT-TCR CCNA - Dunedin Juice Plant 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Main Line Affiliates 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Towing 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Rockwell Automation- Memphis TN (MTN) 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rai Mx Ewr 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Gerald Inc 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Textron Specialized Vehicles - Premier De-icers 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Russ Darrow LLC 39 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.