Butadiene rubber (i.e., polybutadiene) manufacturing · Ohio

Firestone Polymers - Akron

Name: Firestone Polymers - Akron Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Akron, OH · ~53 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Firestone Polymers - Akron runs at 22% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Butadiene rubber (i.e., polybutadiene) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Firestone Polymers - Akron: 0.7 TCR = 22% of Butadiene rubber (i.e., polybutadiene) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Firestone Polymers - Akron safety composite

Firestone Polymers - Akron scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.5

2016→2018

Firestone Polymers - Akron injury rate improved

Firestone Polymers - Akron's TCR fell 1.5 from 1.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.5 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.5 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325212 · Akron, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 22% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #3/13
PHOTO BASF Corporation Pla…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BASF Corporation Plant 1 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Firestone Polymers - Akron averages 0.7 TCR (22% of the Butadiene rubber (i.e., polybutadiene) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Firestone Polymers - Akron TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Firestone Polymers - Akron falls in its industry

90 Butadiene rubber (i.e., polybu establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 13 Butadiene rubber (i.e., polybu employers in Ohio.

Firestone Polymers - Akron (53 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Firestone Polymers - Akron has fewer employees than the Butadiene rubber (i.e., polybutadiene) m median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2018	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2016	1.5	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325212 · OH · Akron

90 Butadiene rubber (i.e., polybutadiene) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 512 employers in Akron, 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	BASF Corporation Plant 1	CHATTANOOGA, TN	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Beaumont Chemical Plant	BEAUMONT, TX	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Beaumont Chemical	BEAUMONT, TX	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Archwood Chemical	AKRON, OH	0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Buckeye Lake, OH	BUCKEYE LAKE	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Layer Site 5	MT VICTORY	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	UTI Groveport	GROVEPORT	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Canton Transmission SC	CANTON	53 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron	Akron	6,746 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Akron Children's Hospital	Akron	6,060 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Summa Health - Akron City	Akron	4,801 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Akron General Medical Center	Akron	4,176 FTE
NAT-TCR	Reynolds Wheeling	Wheeling, IL	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	MS - Pueblo, CA - 1PUCO	Pueblo, CO	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	IVWST - West Palm	West Palm Beach, FL	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Legends - Coney Island	Coney Island, NY	0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	JFSNA at NALCO Sugarland	Sugarland, TX	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lakeland Rehab & Healthcare Center	Milford, IN	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Aed Duluth 1552	Duluth, GA	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	FW Office	Haltom City, TX	53 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: 2018, 2016. 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.