Photovoltaic cells manufacturing · Ohio

First Solar Perrysburg

Perrysburg, OH · ~1,190 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

First Solar Perrysburg runs at 29% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Photovoltaic cells manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

First Solar Perrysburg: 1.0 TCR = 29% of Photovoltaic cells manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Solar Perrysburg safety composite

First Solar Perrysburg scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 0.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
F 0.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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%).

First Solar Perrysburg held a steady TCR band

First Solar Perrysburg's TCR held near 0.2 from 1.0 in 2016 to 1.1 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.0 · 2017=0.8 · 2018=0.9 · 2019=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334413 · Perrysburg, OH AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 29% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #4/7
  • PHOTO Canadian Solar US Mo…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 48 inj
  • SIZE ~1,190 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Canadian Solar US Module Manufacturing (0.0 TCR gap)

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First Solar Perrysburg in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows First Solar Perrysburg averages 1.0 TCR (29% of the Photovoltaic cells manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

First Solar Perrysburg TCR series: 2016=1 · 2017=0.8 · 2018=0.9 · 2019=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where First Solar Perrysburg falls in its industry

437 Photovoltaic cells manufacturi establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 7 Photovoltaic cells manufacturi employers in Ohio.

First Solar Perrysburg (1,190 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 216 employees and a TCR of 0.9 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate First Solar Perrysburg
First Solar Perrysburg (1,190 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 216 employees and a TCR of 0.9

First Solar Perrysburg has more employees than the Photovoltaic cells manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.9. 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
2019 1.1 0.8 17 1 0
2018 0.9 0.7 11 0 0
2017 0.8 0.5 7 0 0
2016 1.0 0.8 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334413 · OH · Perrysburg

437 Photovoltaic cells manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 144 employers in Perrysburg, 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 Canadian Solar US Module Manufacturing 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR NXP Semiconductor Ed Bluestein 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Teledyne E2V Hirel 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SolAero Technologies 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE GOJO Lippman Campus 1,190 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stanley Electric U.S Co Inc 1,191 FTE
STATE-SIZE EthiconEndo Surgery Cincinnati 1,195 FTE
STATE-SIZE CC Florida Weston Clinic 1,195 FTE
CITY-NEAR First Solar Perrysburg - PGT1 & Office, PGT2 1,942 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-TOLE 1,637 FTE
CITY-NEAR 436 995 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2045-00011W 987 FTE
NAT-TCR AMEREN ILLINOIS - Gas Storage AIC 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR TN - Cummins (5800) 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR PacLease Hickory Hills 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Humboldt Bay Power Plant 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE US TX Austin Office 06 1,190 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sunroc Corporation 1,190 FTE
NAT-SIZE Centric Parts (PEO) - Carson 1,190 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ascentria Community Care IHC 1,190 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.