Grommets, rubber, manufacturing · Ohio

Gold Key Processing, Inc. dba Hexpol Middlefield

Name: Gold Key Processing, Inc. dba Hexpol Middlefield Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Middlefield, OH · ~187 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Gold Key Processing, Inc. dba Hexpol Middlefield runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Grommets, rubber, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Gold Key Processing, Inc. dba Hexpol Middlefield: 2.5 TCR = 75% of Grommets, rubber, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gold Key Processing, Inc. dba Hexpol Middlefield safety composite

Gold Key Processing, Inc. dba Hexpol Middlefield scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% 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).

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.6

2022→2023

Gold Key Processing, Inc. dba Hexpol Middlefield injury rate improved

Gold Key Processing, Inc. dba Hexpol Middlefield's TCR fell 1.6 from 3.3 in 2022 to 1.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.3 · 2023=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326299 · Middlefield, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 75% of ind

DART 1.1 DART
RANK #18/47
PHOTO MOLDED DIMENSIONS
BOOK 2y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~187 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MOLDED DIMENSIONS (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.5
MOLDED DIMENSI

2.5
American Phoen

2.5
Rotadyne Roll

2.5
Rubber Enginee

2.4

What this shows Gold Key Processing, Inc. dba Hexpol Middlefield averages 2.5 TCR (75% of the Grommets, rubber, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Gold Key Processing, Inc. dba Hexpol Middlefield TCR series: 2022=3.3 · 2023=1.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Gold Key Processing, Inc. dba Hexpol Middlefield falls in its industry

257 Grommets, rubber, manufacturin establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 47 Grommets, rubber, manufacturin employers in Ohio.

Gold Key Processing, Inc. dba Hexpol Middlefield (187 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Gold Key Processing, Inc. dba Hexpol Middlefield has more employees than the Grommets, rubber, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2023	1.7	1.1	3	0	0
2022	3.3	2.7	6	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326299 · OH · Middlefield

257 Grommets, rubber, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 50 employers in Middlefield, 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	MOLDED DIMENSIONS	PORT WASHINGTON, WI	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	American Phoenix	DANVILLE, VA	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Rotadyne Roll Group Romeoville	ROMEOVILLE, IL	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Rubber Engineering and Development Co Inc	CARSON CITY, NV	2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	CCL Design	STRONGSVILLE	187 FTE
STATE-SIZE	INEOS ABS LLC	ADDYSTON	187 FTE
STATE-SIZE	FreshProductsPerrysburg	PERRYSBURG	187 FTE
STATE-SIZE	APS Streetsboro Corp Machinery	STREETSBORO	187 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cabinetworks Group Middlefield Plant #2	Middlefield	1,031 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Masco Cabinetry Middlefield LLC Plant #2	Middlefield	971 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HC Companies - Middlefield	Middlefield	520 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Masco Cabinetry Middlefield LLC Plant #1	Middlefield	388 FTE
NAT-TCR	PT Industries, Inc.	Signal Hill, CA	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	South Valley Post Acute Rehabilitation	Denver, CO	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sulzer Pumps	Portland, OR	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sunwest Electric Inc	Anaheim, CA	2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	NIBCO Nacogdoches	Nacogdoches, TX	187 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Exxel Outdoors, LLC	Broomfield, CO	187 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Brown Foodservice, Inc.	Louisa, KY	187 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cohoes Paper Machine	Cohoes, NY	187 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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