Hand soaps (e.g., hard, liquid, soft) manufacturing · Ohio
GOJO Industries, Inc. - Plaza
Akron, OH · ~540 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
GOJO Industries, Inc. - Plaza runs at 3% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Hand soaps (e.g., hard, liquid, soft) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
GOJO Industries, Inc. - Plaza: 0.1 TCR = 3% of Hand soaps (e.g., hard, liquid, soft) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
GOJO Industries, Inc. - Plaza safety composite
GOJO Industries, Inc. - Plaza scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).
81/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 98% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 84% 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%).
GOJO Industries, Inc. - Plaza held a steady TCR band
GOJO Industries, Inc. - Plaza's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.1 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 0.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2021=0.1 · 2022=0.1 · 2023=0.2 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325611 · Akron, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.1 · 3% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #2/42
- PHOTO Browns Summit Procte…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 2 inj
- SIZE ~540 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Browns Summit Procter & Gamble (0.0 TCR gap)
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GOJO Industries, Inc. - Plaza in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- City of Indust 0.2
City of Industry (350)
0.2 TCR
- This site 0.1
GOJO Industries, Inc. - Plaza
0.1 TCR
- Browns Summit 0.1
Browns Summit Procter & Gamble
0.1 TCR
- Stepan Company 0.1
Stepan Company Northfield
0.1 TCR
- Colgate-Palmol 0.1
Colgate-Palmolive Global Technology Center
0.1 TCR
What this shows GOJO Industries, Inc. - Plaza averages 0.1 TCR (3% of the Hand soaps (e.g., hard, liquid, soft) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
GOJO Industries, Inc. - Plaza TCR series: 2021=0.1 · 2022=0.1 · 2023=0.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3
Where GOJO Industries, Inc. - Plaza falls in its industry
240 Hand soaps (e.g., hard, liquid establishmentsSafer than 98% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 42 Hand soaps (e.g., hard, liquid employers in Ohio.
GOJO Industries, Inc. - Plaza has more employees than the Hand soaps (e.g., hard, liquid, soft) ma median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325611 · OH · Akron
240 Hand soaps (e.g., hard, liquid, soft) 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 | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Browns Summit Procter & Gamble | 0.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Stepan Company Northfield | 0.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | City of Industry (350) | 0.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Colgate-Palmolive Global Technology Center | 0.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Arrow International, Inc. | 540 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | COH-ODFL | 540 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Givaudan Flavors - Edison | 540 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wayne Dalton | 541 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron | 6,746 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Akron Children's Hospital | 6,060 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Summa Health - Akron City | 4,801 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Akron General Medical Center | 4,176 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Remote | 0.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Shell Chemical LP Deer Park TX | 0.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TF Cornerstone Inc. | 0.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Chicago Home Office | 0.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Macon County, NC | 540 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lonza Walkersville | 540 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pid, LLC | 540 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | kdc/ one | 540 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.