Employer · Ohio

Epiroc USA LLC (Independence HAT Facility)

Independence, OH · ~36 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

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

Epiroc USA LLC (Independence HAT Facility) runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade A.

Epiroc USA LLC (Independence HAT Facility): 1.6 TCR = 47% of industry BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Epiroc USA LLC (Independence HAT Facility) safety composite

Epiroc USA LLC (Independence HAT Facility) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

Epiroc USA LLC (Independence HAT Facility): 0.0 → 3.1 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 3.1 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2020

Epiroc USA LLC (Independence HAT Facility)'s TCR rose 3.1 from 0.0 in 2019 to 3.1 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333131 · Independence, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 47% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #2/8
  • PHOTO Joy Global - Bedford…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Joy Global - Bedford Gear (0.0 TCR gap)

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Epiroc USA LLC (Independence HAT Facility) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Epiroc USA LLC (Independence HAT Facility) averages 1.6 TCR (47% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Epiroc USA LLC (Independence HAT Facility) TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Epiroc USA LLC (Independence HAT Facility) falls in its industry

105 industry establishments

Safer than 79% 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 #2 safest of 8 industry employers in Ohio.

Epiroc USA LLC (Independence HAT Facility) (36 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Epiroc USA LLC (Independence HAT Facility)
Epiroc USA LLC (Independence HAT Facility) (36 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Epiroc USA LLC (Independence HAT Facility) has fewer employees than the industry 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
2020 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333131 · OH · Independence

105 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 73 employers in Independence, 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 Joy Global - Bedford Gear 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Triple/S Dynamics - Dallas MFG 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Komtasu - National Ave 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Joy Global - Reno 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE STEYER SEEDS LLC 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Biosecurity Building 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE BrennCo Inc 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE EAST CREEK FARM LLC 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR CC Business Operations Center 1,575 FTE
CITY-NEAR Life Line Screening 901 FTE
CITY-NEAR CC Business Operations Ctr 827 FTE
CITY-NEAR Independence Excavating 695 FTE
NAT-TCR Grove Commons Practices 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Faithway Feeds 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Jacobs - Live Oak - OMI 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Johnny Janosik Store 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Best Western Plus Dubuque Hotel & Conference Center 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Benner Metals 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Peak Custom Fabrication, Inc. 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eugene IS/NFF 36 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: 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.