Rustproofing shops, automotive · Ohio

Ground Effects, LLC - Westlake

Westlake, OH · ~49 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.0
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ground Effects, LLC - Westlake runs at 570% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Rustproofing shops, automotive workplace, earning a grade F.

Ground Effects, LLC - Westlake: 12.0 TCR = 570% of Rustproofing shops, automotive BLS 2.1 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ground Effects, LLC - Westlake safety composite

Ground Effects, LLC - Westlake scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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).

F

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Ground Effects, LLC - Westlake: 10.1 → 13.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 13.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.57× in 2024

Ground Effects, LLC - Westlake's TCR rose 3.5 from 10.1 in 2022 to 13.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 811198 · Westlake, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.0 · 570% of ind

  • DART 6.8 DART
  • RANK P6
  • PHOTO Conlan Tire- Gainesv…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Conlan Tire- Gainesville (0.7 TCR gap)

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Ground Effects, LLC - Westlake in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ground Effects, LLC - Westlake averages 12.0 TCR (570% of the Rustproofing shops, automotive BLS benchmark).

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

Ground Effects, LLC - Westlake TCR series: 2022=10.1 · 2023=12.3 · 2024=13.6 · BLS 2.1

Where Ground Effects, LLC - Westlake falls in its industry

66 Rustproofing shops, automotive establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Ground Effects, LLC - Westlake (49 employees, TCR 12.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 6.0 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ground Effects, LLC - Westlake
Ground Effects, LLC - Westlake (49 employees, TCR 12.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Ground Effects, LLC - Westlake has fewer employees than the Rustproofing shops, automotive median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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 13.6 6.8 6 0 0
2023 12.3 12.3 6 0 0
2022 10.1 8.1 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

811198 · OH · Westlake

66 Rustproofing shops, automotive employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 95 employers in Westlake, 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 Conlan Tire- Gainesville 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ground Effects Wayne 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR STTC Lancaster 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conlan Tire- Mulberry RE'TRD SH 13.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Layer Site 6 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE East Ohio Transmission SC 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Standard Contracting & Engineering, Inc. 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stanley Miller Construction Co Main 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. John Medical Center 1,158 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lake Erie Electric, Inc. 374 FTE
CITY-NEAR Equity Administrative Services, Inc. - Westlake Office 333 FTE
CITY-NEAR TruWest Company 307 FTE
NAT-TCR J. Lopez Construction 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Cannon Falls 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Community Living, Inc. 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR RidgeLine Direct Inc. 12.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pace Packaging 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kohnen Concrete Products, Inc. 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bailey Roofing Contractors, Inc. 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE FAA Custodial 49 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: 2024, 2023, 2022. 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.