Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing · Ohio

Guardian Lima LLC

Lima, OH · ~43 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Guardian Lima LLC runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Guardian Lima LLC: 2.4 TCR = 72% of Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Guardian Lima LLC safety composite

Guardian Lima LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−2.8

2016→2024

Guardian Lima LLC injury rate improved

Guardian Lima LLC's TCR fell 2.8 from 4.9 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.9 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Lima, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 72% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/9
  • PHOTO Rochelle (RF)
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rochelle (RF) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Guardian Lima LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Guardian Lima LLC averages 2.4 TCR (72% of the Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Guardian Lima LLC TCR series: 2016=4.9 · 2017=0 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Guardian Lima LLC falls in its industry

228 Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, man establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 9 Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, man employers in Ohio.

Guardian Lima LLC (43 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Guardian Lima LLC
Guardian Lima LLC (43 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Guardian Lima LLC has fewer employees than the Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 2.1 0.0 1 0 0
2023 2.1 0.0 0 1 0
2022 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2021 3.8 1.9 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.2 2.1 1 1 0
2018 2.1 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.9 4.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · OH · Lima

228 Ethyl alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 243 employers in Lima, 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 Rochelle (RF) 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elite Octane LLC. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR POET Biorefining - Laddonia, LLC 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Glacial Lakes Energy, LLC 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE CW Egg Products 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE STgenetics-Marysville 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE St. Clairsville Ohio 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dresden Plant 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center 2,540 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Rita's Medical Center 2,531 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Ritas Medical Center 2,445 FTE
CITY-NEAR LIMA ENGINE 1,457 FTE
NAT-TCR Frez-N-Stor, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 1350 Keystone Gorham 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR TriGreen Equipment Athens 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Precision Strip, Inc. Anderson 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dynasty Electric 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3383 Northern Lights 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1375 Venice Auto Parts 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Blackhawk Moving & Storage 43 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, 2021, 2020, 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.